Juniper
Ratings9
Average rating4.1
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Ratings9
Average rating4.1
While apprenticed to the witch woman Juniper, a young girl struggles to save her family from the evil machinations of her power-hungry aunt Meroot. Prequel to "Wise Child."
Series
3 primary booksDoran is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by Monica Furlong.
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Love the overall theme of spiritual training in a vaguely Celtic setting. The ending was a bit rushed, as with Wise Child. From former readings, I remembered most vividly the fact that Juniper's leaving a flaw in her Doran cloak that she thought no one would notice, resulted in her being injured by her enemy - a powerful image that stuck with me.
I've somehow never heard about this small series
by Monica Furlong; it deserves more readers. Juniper is the only
child of the king. She begins to train with Euny, her godmother, a
rigid and unfeeling woman, and slowly, with Euny's help, learns about
the true nature of power and about the truly important things in the
world.
