Her stories have a timeless feel, whether screwball romantic comedies about ghosts, or tales of confounded faerie royalty. “Renowned fabulist and children’s author Joan Aiken had a long and prolific career, and it’s easy to see why her career endured across decades. Faint fragrances evoke memories and emotions long forgotten.” OverReader: Amazon review
There are dark corners and sunbeams shining through the dust motes. “To read the stories in this most recent collection is like coming home to my quirky ancestral mansion and spending time exploring the trunks in the attic.
If you haven’t discovered Joan Aiken yet, this is the perfect place to begin… Now out in paperback, this ‘haunting and wondrous book’ has stories drawn from Joan Aiken’s entire career from the fantastic to the funny, these stories show her gift for mixing the everyday and the magical, the spooky and the surreal.
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