GONE-AWAY review also cites other presentations in fantasy as way to understand & face harsh reality, like Disney’s ENCANTO & of course, Harry Potter. ![]() (Debra Morgan), David Zayas (Angel Batista), James Remar (Harry Morgan), C. One major flaw of Internet “info” avalanches is that most can be knee-jerk reactions involving little thought, which requires time, experience, broader knowledge. fantasy Clash of the Titans, a saga of Greek myths and legends, thrilling. Book THE NESBIT TRADITION: The Children’s Novel 1945-1970 by noted British children’s librarian Marcus Crouch devotes pages to novels about non-combatants set during WWII, 1956 THE SILVER SWORD (aka ESCAPE FROM WARSAW) by Ian Serrailier (Crouch calls it story of “abiding hope”), 1955 THE ARK & 1956 fantasy WICKED ENCHANTMENT by Margot Benary-Isbert who lived in Germany during regime she did not support.Įven before doom-scrolling became a thing, I’d wait “until dust had time to settle”–rather than re-hashing imperfect news flashes, instead waiting for clearer picture to emerge. ![]() Novel LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan is based on true story of Enright’s uncle, architect Frank Lloyd Wright.”Įnright’s 1942 FOUR-STORY MISTAKE and 1944 THEN THERE WERE FIVE give concrete examples–up to adopting orphan–of how people in world at war applied advice still effective today during times of tragedy: doing something to assist others benefits you as well, making us feel less overwhelmed & helpless when disaster strikes.įiction can help put earth-shaking events in perspective. ![]() I believe book–along with others by Enright depicting happy childhoods–are response to her own family history. Toward end of Borrower review of GONE-AWAY LAKE by Elizabeth Enright on Los Angeles Public Library online catalog is comment on LibraryThing review by youngish readers perhaps “accustomed to cartoon violence” where nobody ever really gets hurt, who thought book “‘tedious, boring, not much depth’.
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