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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: Aug. 09, 2010
Words: 7389 (approximate)
Language: English
Ebook description
The Lake That Stole Children blends the magic of Disney's Pinocchio with the magnificent quest of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. It begins with a boy's deep yearning and leads to a grown man's startling discovery as he searches for his son and other children who have mysteriously disappeared.Tags
adventure, children, fairy tales, parents, mythology, folklore, grimms fairy talesAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Leigh Podgorski
on July 25, 2011 :
Beautifully written, "The Lake That Stole Children: A Fable,” reads indeed like the fables of our collective childhood. Full of evocative imagery such as, "A tear ran down the cheek of the fisherman's wife...it looked like the morning star falling out of the night sky," this short book is a delight to read.
Though many might find the character of the father an easy "villain," he is not. This character proves to be the stalwart figure of discipline and judgment contrapuntal to a boy's wild spirit -- an enviable and laudable spirit that never-the-less must be guided and shaped less the very wonders such a spirit may bring to the earth be lost forever, as indeed they almost are. Indeed, this is the very heart of this tale, the raison d'etre, the moral of the story.
For this lake is filled with children who "leapt before they looked," and doing so were swallowed whole, released only by that very stalwart figure of discipline, reason, judgment, and ultimately love.
Deceptively simple, Mr. Clark's "The Lake That Stole Children" compels us to "fish" below our perhaps commonly held thoughts and beliefs to reach a deeper more poignant truth.
This, as true fables are, is a delicious concoction that will be enjoyed on many levels: as a simple exciting tale for the very young, and as a deeper, more thought-provoking read for the more mature inquisitive mind.
(reviewed the day of purchase)