
Moonheart
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Narrated by:
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Richard Powers
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By:
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Charles de Lint
When Sara and Jamie discovered the artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim, distant place, a world of misty forests, ancient magics, mythical beings, ageless bards...and restless evil.
Now, with their friends and enemies alike - Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk musician; the inspector from the RCMP; and the mysterious Tom Hengyr - Sara and Jamie are drawn into this enchanted land through the portals of a sprawling downtown edifice that straddles two worlds.
From ancient Wales to the streets of Ottawa today, Moonheart entrances listeners with its tale of this world and the other one at the very edge of sight. A tale of music, motorcycles, and fey folk beyond the shadows of the moon, Moonheart is pure magic.
©1984 Charles de Lint (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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"He shows that, far from being mere escapism, contemporary fantasy can be the deep mythic literature of our time." (Fantasy and Science Fiction)
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Very well written
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Loved it!
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The loss is heartbreaking, and yet, if we listen closely enough, the sounds of flute and harp, of drum and the wind amongst the leaves may still live within the deepest places of the heart.
Beautiful, beautiful world
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excellent book
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Enjoyed
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Sarah works at a antique store that her family owns despite a lack of need. She is wealthy. Through her work she find some items, "treasures in the rough," that seem to not make sense how they got there and have magical qualities. These items transport her and her self made family into an alternative universe where native american and celtic magics exist. Sarah's family, some wizards who follow "The Way," and a government agency are all trying to find an individual, magic, and items that will determine if good prevails over evil.
This is fantasy and coming of age combined. It definitely has a 70's feel to it with communal living and government investigation of the paranormal. It deals with the effects of the entrance of caucasion peoples on Native American land and cultures in DeLint's alternate universe.
I love DeLint. I have really enjoyed The Onion Girl and Widdershins. This book did not feel as strong as some others of his. The characters were not as developed, however, I feel you can still attach to them. There, however, is a lot going on and at times it felt certain story lines were not as flushed out as they could have been. They felt briefly touched on. When I finished I was left wanting.
Regarding the narration, I found myself missing Kate Reading, the narrator who has done several other DeLint books. It's not that Paul Michael Garcia is bad, but I felt his interpretation of the characters did not help DeLint's less than perfect character development.
The concept of the book is interesting and I liked it, but I don't think I would listen to it a second time.
Liked It, some other DeLint has been better
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I was staring into space most of the time
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Really Enjoyed It
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Another case of a book being longer than its story
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There is a negative, for me, that I failed to notice when I read the book way back so many moons ago. This website states: "Charles de Lint and his wife, MaryAnn Harris, live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with their little dog Johnny Cash." I'm going to correct this to: "Charles de Lint and his wife, MaryAnn Harris, live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where they smoke cigarettes."
The cigarette snips were well written, so I might have liked it if the wording had been changed a bit so that the activity described was focused around preparing and drinking coffee, I have never been a smoker, and hearing about cigarettes two to four times during every commute to work irked me a bit.
I'd really give this a 3.5.
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