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Charles de Lint
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Now, at last, de Lint tells Jilly's own story; for behind the painter's fey charm lies a dark secret that she's labored to forget. "I'm the onion girl," Jilly Coppercorn says. "Pull back the layers of my life, and you won't find anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl. She's very, very good at running - but the past has come to claim her now."
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Ella Ginsberg's brother, Simon, has disappeared. His clothing, shoes, and watch were found abandoned near a freight line track in Central California. His jockey shorts and wallet were never found. The police have no clue, and Simon's wife had no warning that anything was wrong. Ella takes off on foot across much of California and Arizona, thinking she can find Simon using nothing but her knowledge of the way he might think. Her search leads her to the Navajo Nation in Arizona.
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Funerals for Horses
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2065: Adri has been handpicked to live on Mars. But weeks before launch, she discovers the journal of a girl who lived in her house more than a hundred years ago and is immediately drawn into the mystery surrounding her fate. 1934: Amid the fear and uncertainty of the Dust Bowl, Catherine’s family’s situation is growing dire. She must find the courage to sacrifice everything she loves in order to save the one person she loves most.
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After America’s Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement. According to their Bill of Life, human life may not be terminated from the moment of conception until the age of thirteen. But between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, the child may be gotten rid of by their parent through a process called “unwinding.”
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Chilling, Scary, Difficult to Read
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When 16-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short.
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gives perspective on race.
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By: Kekla Magoon
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Anthony Award-winning author William Kent Krueger crafts this riveting tale about a small Minnesota town’s ex-sheriff who is having trouble retiring his badge. Cork O’Connor loses his job after being blamed for a tragedy on the local Anishinaabe Indian reservation. But he must set aside his personal demons when a young boy goes missing on the same day a judge commits suicide—and no one but O’Connor suspects foul play.
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Great New Series
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It begins with a phone call that Nora Watts has dreaded for 15 years - since the day she gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. Bonnie has vanished. The police consider her a chronic runaway and aren't looking, leaving her desperate adoptive parents to reach out to her birth mother as a last hope. A biracial product of the foster system, transient, homeless, scarred by a past filled with pain and violence, Nora knows intimately what happens to vulnerable girls on the streets.
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Would make a great movie!
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The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo
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A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the "old ones" still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe, where we encounter a strange little girl with an unnerving connection to the past, a forgotten asylum that history has tried to hide, and complex, unforgettable characters.
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Thought-provoking, though flawed
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Needing time to contemplate her troubled marriage, Tessa MacRae agrees to spend the summer helping her mother and grandmother clean out the family home in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. But the three women have never been close.
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Loved it All Over Again
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- Meghan Mitchell
- 01-28-23
Favorite so far
I have been working my way through the Newford series. I have always loved Jilly and have enjoyed her part in the many stories. That may be why this is my favorite novel in the series so far. I didn't even mind the retelling of some parts of those stories for this work. It was so nice to get to know Jilly more and to really get inside her head. It was wonderful.
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- RavenMS
- 04-04-13
Excellent story as well as extremely well read
If you could sum up The Onion Girl in three words, what would they be?
Intriguing, engaging and different
What other book might you compare The Onion Girl to and why?
Widdershins, Dreams Underfoot, Dream and Memores, The Mystery of Grace
What about Kate Reading’s performance did you like?
Her voice works very well with both male and female characters and is pleasant to listen to.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The other side
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- Eric P
- 01-13-23
wow
amazing followup to someplace to be flying. I ended up all night listening thoroughly recommend.
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- Chelsea Berggren
- 04-25-16
Another Great Story from Charles De Lint
I always loved returning to Newport and the characters I have grown to love. Does not matter how long in between it feels like I have never left, which take a true master writer to do. The way this book deals with both emotional healing of past childhood abuse and physical healing gives it a prospective that every story of abuse is different and they way one reacts is unique everytime. he reminds us to heal from abuse is not in revenge but in making yourself stronger.
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- Steph
- 04-29-13
Suprising
I have never read anything by Charles De Lint prior to listening to The Onion Girl. It is a very good book. I was suprised at how well he mixed the faerie world into what would be considered our world. The book is dark and I saw in the reviews that it was very depressing and hard to read. I would say while it is a book that deals with dark issues it is one of hope and redemtion. You do have to stick with it to get to the hope and redemption.
The book deals with issues of sexual abuse, at times graphically but not pornagraphically so. It also deals with children living on the streets and the years work those who go through these experiences spend on healing and coping with the mental trauma related. I was nervous to read this because I have a very hard time when these issues are dealt with in a trite, superficial, or inaccurate manner. I am not an expert but did work in social work with these issues for a few years and found De Lint's interpretation to be believable and in a way healing. Many people who deal with childhood trauma turn to fantasy and science fiction as a release to live in another world. I was impressed with De Lint.
Apart from the topic, I also found the Onion Girl to be well written and captivating. It is a very interesting story that keeps you intrigued. I highly recommend this book
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- jennifer m.
- 09-17-19
Powerfully moving story of turning trauma to triumph
Wow! I was expecting to be entertained. In addition to that I was moved, challenge re-think my own perspective choices and felt I was healing right along with Jilly.
This story combines magic, deep trauma, rotten luck and profound growth. It reminds us that in spite of what happens to us what we do is our choice and our responsibility. Such a rich and moving saga!
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- Cai
- 01-13-15
Enchanting
De Lint's world and characters are as charming as ever, and the world he creates is somehow both mystical and believable. He does a remarkable job of blending new and old, expected and unexpected, mythological and mundane. The characters and the world(s) are fully developed in a vibrant and elaborate tapestry, with a depth that leaves the reader wanting to know more despite the satisfactory resolve.
Kate Reading's voice acting adds to the overall charm and pleasure of this book. There are quite a few characters in this story, and if some of the characters have similar voices, it is still clear whose voice she is narrating. Her clear and gentle style entice the listener to become lost in the story and forget things like, oh, the tea kettle on the stove.
I would recommend this book for those who enjoy suspending their disbelief to peer through the keyhole of one writer's view of what could be. It has strong themes of personal strength, and triumph against the odds, as well as a deep respect for the First Peoples of North America. It could also be an inspiring tale of hope for someone recovering from an accident or other health setback. Any fan of Charles de Lint's urban fantasies will enjoy hearing more about Jilly and the Dreamland.
Overall a terrific read, one I plan to play again, and possibly buy in paper format.
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- Gash
- 03-02-16
Too grim for me
It seems like two separate books: 1) a story of stark realism dealing with sexual abuse, life on the streets, and all the grim consequences that follow, and 2) an engaging fantasy of an alternative spiritual world of magic that I suspect is supposed to be an ameliorating counterpart to the other grim tale. But the author does a poor job of making the connections entwine in a way that holds the focus of the narrative within the double vision of the two tales. The storytelling is at its best in the fantasy world, but painful in all other respects. As much as I liked some parts of the writing, and actually wanted to know more about how things connected, I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Too much of it felt like punishment.
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- Nagryph/MythrilBiata
- 09-11-21
A Perfect Touch of Realistic Fantasy
I started this book long ago and never finished it. I always remembered Jilly and her friends though. I love the portrayal of the Dreamworld and "The World as it is" told in such a way that makes it almost just an arm reach away. Enchanting, even for an adult as I now reflect on it (where I was a teen when I'd started it).
Kate does a wonderful job of portraying different jobs, honing in on a splendid way of telling the listener who is speaking with such a focus that is really in the moment. I can't help but feel I'm IN the story at times.
For sure, a recommendation I'll give top praise on to friends that can appreciate as I do!
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- Marissa Blaszko
- 12-31-18
Manic Pixie Dream Girl in a 1990s goth fairy world
If you were moved by Amy Brown's dark fairy paintings between 1996-2005 and want characters explaining the story to you, you'll love it. But trite story and 2D characters in an ok fantasy world didnt age into the 2010s very well.
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