Human Croquet
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Average rating3.6
Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green with a mystery in the very heart of the trees. And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself.
But over the centuries the forest has been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees. The Fairfaxes have dwindled too; now they live in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and are hardly a family at all.
But Isobel Fairfax, who drops into pockets of time and out again, knows about the past. She is sixteen and waiting for the return of her mother - the thin, dangerous Eliza with her scent of nicotine, ArpSge and sex, whose disappearance is part of the mystery that still remains at the heart of the forest.
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
has sat on my shelves for months;
now that I see how wonderful this
author is, I must read it, too.
“How can I trust reality when
the phenomenal world appears to
be playing tricks on me at
every turn?” Eliza tells us.
And, indeed, it does. Her mother
and father disappear. Time
shifts. Her brother changes
into a dog. Just what is real?
As Eliza says over and over,
“Appearances can be deceiving.”
A wonderful book I never would
have read had it not been for
BookCrossing. Recommended.
