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In a little detour I’m switching to The Runaway. I’m fond of this book for many reasons. For one thing, the prologue is a fairytale and, recently, my interest in fairies has been piqued again.
Ciarrai is running away from a past that’s still breathing down his neck. Jack has no past, his memory wiped in the accident that killed his parents. They meet and their lives move forward like stones skimming the surface of the water, dipping into memories that want to surface and those that want to lie buried forever.
In this snippet, eleven-year-old Ciarrai is telling his nine-year-old brother a bedtime story. It’s about a man who was lured into fairyland by a beautiful fairy, then placed under an enchantment that he could never leave
“Well, no,” Ciarrai admitted reluctantly. “He was never hungry or thirsty and everyone was always happy and laughing and never sick or sad. He was treated well and everything was bright and shiny and glittery.”
“Then why did he want to leave?”
“Because he wasn’t a fairy and he didn’t belong.”
“But if it was a better place?”
“It might have been better in some ways, but it wasn’t his home. And he didn’t want things to be bright and shiny all the time. He wanted things to be dark sometimes, so he’d have something to fight for. Most of all, he wanted to have a choice, to be able to go home if he wanted. And, no matter how pretty and sweet and lovely everything was, he was still a prisoner.”
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I love the insight this little boy has. Many adults could learn from him!
(P.S. I’m about halfway through Enigma, and loving it! 💕)
Children can be frighteningly insightful. I think sometimes it’s to do with the fact their brains are not stuffed full of fears.
I truly hope you love Enigma because I am so in love with Silver I want the whole world to adore him
Gotta admit, they both make good points!
Don’t they 😀 Life is strange like that. Sometimes everyone is right
I love this exchange between them and the thoughtful way they each bring something to the conversation.
Thank you. These two are adorable as kids. Not so much so when they get older, but that love between them never dies.
A beautiful and thought provoking exchange!
Thank you. This book certainly had me thinking. Although, to be fair all my books involve something that needs thinking about I have a tendency to write books in an attempt to explain things I don’t understand or am trying to work out in my own head.
Love the interplay between the brothers.
I love the interplay between kids generally. They come out with some amazing lines. Mine would say things that I could never have made up
Love the blurb for this story, and the bedtime story, especially about it still being a cage, and needing it to be dark sometimes so he had something to fight for. So true!
Isn’t it. It’s the same idea as someone who has everything values nothing. A gilded cage is still a cage, as Ciarrai finds out only too well.
It might be gilded, but it’s still a cage. Great snippet and definition, Cheryl. 🙂
Thank you. Yes, that pretty much sums up the entire book 😀
I loved this story, the snippet has made me want to re-read it 🙂
I’m really glad you enjoyed it. I had a blast writing it. Some books just seem to write themselves with no effort at all, and this was one of them
Little bro makes a good point!
Little bros often do 😀
I love the way the brothers interact with each other.
They are indeed adorable. They grew up a little differently although Ciarrai still believes in fairy tales
I love this exchange.
Thank you. The two brothers were adorable together as kids. Sadly, that’s very different now