Home |Register |Sign In Home Top Picks: All Books The Secret of Nightingale Wood The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange Price: $16.99 (Hardcover) Published: October 31, 2017 Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) From the Publisher: 1919.</p><p> Mama is ill.</p><p> Father has taken a job abroad.</p><p> Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she sees -- or thinks she sees -- in the shadows of their new home, Hope House.</p><p> All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that HopeHouse is full of strange secrets: a forgotten attic, ghostly figures,mysterious firelight that flickers in the trees beyond the garden.</p><p> One night she ventures into the darkness of Nightingale Wood.</p><p> What she finds there will change her whole world...</p><p> Rate This Book Add To Wishlist |Rate/Review Add To Bookshelf Get This Book Personalize / Add More ChoicesGo to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site where you can get this book.</p><p> What We Say This children's book is set in 1919, just after the Great War.</p><p> I intend a high compliment when I say one could easily believe it was written in 1919 or 1929 or 1939 for Lucy Strange's debut has a timeless quality.</p><p> If it feels a little neat and tidy atthe very end, well one must admit it was quite a harrowing journey to get there.</p><p> Our heroine is a little girl christened Henrietta but called Henry by one and all.</p><p> Her story begins in sorrow and gets worse.</p><p> Henry's family is escaping from a tragedy in London, finding refuge at a small village in the country.</p><p> We piece together the clues: fire, a dead older brothernamed Robert, a mother overwhelmed by sorrow, a father seemingly latching onto work.</p><p> This would be hard enough butShare This Book About The Author Lucy Strange Lucy Strange worked as an actor, singer, and storyteller before becoming a secondary school English teacher.</p><p> She lives in Kent,England.</p><p> The Secret of Nightingale Wood isher first novel.</p><p> Release Info List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover) Published: October 31, 2017 Publisher: Chicken House Pages: 304 ISBN 10: 1338157477 ISBN 13: 9781338157475matters darken.</p><p> The father seems to abandon the family for "work" out of the country.</p><p> A pushy local doctor keeps the mother half-drugged all the time, insists the daughter be kept away from her and further demands the newborn baby come home with him and his cold, grasping wife.</p><p> Henry is devastated.</p><p> What harm could there be in her sitting by the side of her mother, reading her stories or holding her hand? And is the nanny on her side or the doctor's? And who is the mysteriouswoman in the forest? A figment of Henry's imagination, just like her chats with the brother she knows is no longer there?And is her mother sick or mad or just sad? And most frightening of all, is Henry imaginative or a little bit mad herself?Author Lucy Strange (what a fun name!) tells the story from Henry's perspective and she does an excellent job of capturing the frustration of a 12 year old girl who is old enough to know what's going on (sort of) but young enough to be dismissed by even well-intentioned adults.</p><p> The character are vivid, from her Nanny Jones to the hateful doctor so eager toexperiment on her mother to the local lawyer, one of the rare folk to treat Henry with friendly respect.</p><p> Strange haspeppered this book with references to any number of classic children's books like "The Secret Garden," "Treasure Island" andso many more.</p><p> It's to her credit that this finely crafted novel damn near deserves comparison.</p><p> The young might enjoy the neat wrapping up of all the threads.</p><p> But next time I hope her fine ending is just as complex and shot through with complicated reality as the beginning and middle.</p><p> It's a modest reservation about a very strong debut. -- Michael Giltz What Others Say * "In an imaginative, compelling first-person narration, Henry wraps her story in fairy tales, exposing her guilt, grief, isolation, and fear as she unravels the stunning secrets of Nightingale Wood." -- Kirkus, starred review * "Abrave heroine propels this strong and richly layered novel, a memorable portrait of grief, resilience, and rebirth." -- Publisher's Weekly, starred review A Telegraph Top 50 Book of the Year A Waterstones Book of the Month Pick "From the first page, I was entirely smitten and compelled to read on until I finished this mysterious and poignant story." -- Pam Munoz Ryan, author of Newbery Honor Book Echo and Esperanza Rising "Superbly balanced between readability and poetry... this is an assured debut." -- The Guardian (UK) "Rich with nods toclassics...this outstanding debut explores family, grief and mental illness with great skill." -- The Bookseller (UK)"A gripping novel in Secret Garden mode...</p><p> Bliss for passionate readers aged nine and older." -- The NewStatesman (UK) "Strange's writing is luminous, and she has created a story about friendship, love and family thatis wonderfully involving." -- Literary Review (UK) "Friendships, family, love and loss all come together in thisbeautiful debut." -- The Sunday Express (UK) "Tender, funny, devastating and just about word perfect, I lovedevery page of this extraordinary book." -- Natasha Farrant, author of The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet "Abeautifully told story about loss, grief and the restorative power of the imagination." -- M.G.</p><p> Leonard, author ofBeetle Boy What You Say Filter by No Reviews Found ..... about us |faq|advertise |privacy policy |newsletter |contact us ©2018, BookBuddha LLc.</p><p> All Rights Reserved.
