Journal Entry 1 by cestmoi from Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Sunday, March 09, 2003

Picked this up at thrift shop for MissQ - the biggest Alice Hoffman fan I know. I probably won't read it before she gets it..maybe she'll let me read it before she releases it. 

Journal Entry 2 by MissQ from Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada on Saturday, March 22, 2003

More and more Hoffman!

March 15 - I got a second copy of this a while ago. So I'll keep one for my collection and one is available for trade.

May 26 - On loan to my mother-in-law.

About the story:

Hoffman continues her sensitive portrayal of outcasts, growing more bizarre with each book. Here she introduces Stephen, raised by wolves and about to be declared incurably insane, who is rescued by a woman in the midst of a messy divorce. This small Long Island town is complete with pettiness, busybodies, and interrelated lives. Robin's estranged husband is on the police force, her brother is Stephen's psychiatrist, and her teenage son dates the girl next door, whose sister is murdered. It is one of many murders (first animals, then humans), all easy to blame on you-know-who. An interesting premise and fascinating characters, but the story itself borders on mystery, and as such it promises more than it delivers.