Love this book, love this author.

Release planned for Monday, January 26, 2004 at postal release in mail, Passed on to BookCrossing.com member Controlled Releases.

sending to limpet

Arrived in the mail today

limpet,

Many thanks for posting this on to me. I'm really looking forward to reading it! I just keep thinking how amazing it is that your books have arrived from the other side of the world!

Best wishes
Candyfloss

I really enjoyed this book and am so glad that I gave Alice Hoffman another chance. Previously I have read "The River King" and thought it was OK but wasn't blown away by it.

The book raises some interesting questions about what it means to be part of a society, the way in which society treats "outsiders", the nature of family, nature vs cilvilisation. At first sight, the "Wolf-Man" and the circumstances surrounding his "escape" with Robin appear to be completely implausible but it doesn't really matter and it didn't affect my enjoyment of the book. It is a modern fairytale in that sense, and asks us to question what it means to be truly human.

I'll definitely be seeking out more of Hoffman's work in the future.