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Journal Entry 1 by cats-eye from Bishop Auckland, County Durham United Kingdom on Monday, December 18, 2006
 Wendy Amelia Darling Braverman Ullman is the fourth descendant of the Wendy--now an old lady, Great Nana--who inspired J. M. Barrie and, through the years, was lover and muse to various poets, artists, and other ne'er-do-wells. She captivates the new Wendy with her sparkling eyes, jewelry, and stories of the Boy, whom she says Wendy will surely meet. Peter comes very late, though, and Wendy, 13, has since lived through her parents' divorce, her bohemian mother's fads and infatuations, and her glamorous father's only occasional acknowledgment of his pensive daughter. When Peter appears in button-fly jeans and spiky hair, Wendy begins to understand how strange and special it is to be a girl in her family. Wendy does visit Neverland (the fairies are bitchy), then adulthood and marriage to a loopy musician, and when her daughter becomes a brilliant, sarcastic Goth teenager, she visits Great Nana, too. A wry mixture of Fay Weldon and Alice Hoffman, magical and scary, full of the possibilities and heartbreak of growing up. Roberta Johnson
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I enjoyed this one, but in the end it just didn't live up to my expectations...there's a great story in here, but Fox gets so caught up in whining about how immature the men in her (Wendy) life are that the story goes untold, IMO. There are some flashes of "what could have been",and Fox has a brilliant way with words, but for me the story just fell a bit flat.
I'm glad I read this, and I think the potential for a story of what happened to the Wendys for generations has been ignored for way too long - that part of the story begs to be explored thanks to JM Barrie's references at the end of the Peter Pan legend, and I'm glad Fox decided to give it a go..it's a story worth telling!
RES for YBS at bookswap live!
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Journal Entry 3 by camis from Tharston, Norfolk United Kingdom on Friday, September 07, 2007
I'm really sorry to say I gave up on this after 100 pages - the story just didn't hold my interest and I got way too confused with what was going on! (it was probably just me though - obviously not in the right frame of mind at the minute).
If a copy came my way again I may give it another go in the future, but right now it's not for me.
Sending on to Sunlightbub as she wanted it in the same swap!
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Journal Entry 5 by sunlightbub from Wallasey, Merseyside United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I think Camis got a little bit further than me...It was okay, I just have other things I want to read more. THe premise is really interesting, but it just became, like cats-eye said, a bit of a whine about how badly treated the Wendys have been treated by men.
Now off to Teachie, who I hope will enjoy it more!
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