Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan
Liz Michalski
(Author)
Description
In this beautiful dive into the world of J. M. Barrie's classic, one woman must take on the infamous Peter Pan--who is not the innocent adventurer the fairy tales make him out to be--to save her daughter's life. . . .Life is looking up for Holly Darling, granddaughter of Wendy--yes, that Wendy. That is, until she gets a call that her daughter, Eden, who has been in a coma for nearly a decade, has gone missing from the estate where she's been long tucked away. And, worst of all, Holly knows who must be responsible: Peter Pan, who is not only very real, but very dangerous. Holly is desperate to find Eden and protect her son, Jack, from a terrible web of family secrets before she loses both her children. And yet she has no one to turn to--her mother, Jane, is the only other person in the world who knows that Peter is more than a story, but she refuses to accept that he is not the hero she's always imagined. Darling Girl brings all the magic of the classic Peter Pan story to the present, while also exploring the dark underpinnings of fairy tales, grief, aging, sacrifice, motherhood, and just how far we will go to protect those we love.
Product Details
Price
$26.00
$24.18
Publisher
Dutton
Publish Date
May 03, 2022
Pages
352
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.1 X 1.4 inches | 1.25 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780593185636
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About the Author
Liz Michalski is the author of Evenfall and a contributor to Writer Unboxed and Author in Progress. A former reporter and editor, Liz lives with her family in Massachusetts, where she loves reading fairy tales and, sometimes, writing them. Darling Girl is her second novel.
Reviews
Praise for Darling Girl
"A compelling and richly imagined twist on an old story, Liz Michalski's Darling Girl captured me on page one and hasn't released me yet. An emotionally gripping demonstration that a mother's love, when tested, can become a force of nature. I will never look at Neverland and its inhabitants the same way again."
--Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader
A dark and elegant look at a story we all know well. Liz Michalski takes Peter Pan where all the old stories go, where magic is never without a cost, and pixie dust might be more powerful than you imagine. Fantastic!
--Barbara O'Neal, When We Believed in Mermaids A captivating question quivers at the center of the engrossing novel, Darling Girl What if Peter Pan isn't just a story? While meeting the Peter Pan you never knew, reading Darling Girl is like falling under the enchanting spell of Liz Michalski prose. As with all true magic, there must be both the seductive darkness and the illuminating light: Michalski masterfully gives us both. Darling Girl introduces us to the Darling family decades away from Wendy and Peter, descendants who are grappling with secrets that protect a family mythology and a boy who will never grow up. With a young girl and her fiercely protective mother at the center of a spellbinding story, Darling Girl is powerful and captivating. Neverland and the reader will never be the same again.
--Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author A dark and dazzling tale. Liz Michalski has used her own magic wand to shed light on the lengths we go to in order to preserve the myth of beauty, the myth of youth, and even the myth of fairytales themselves."
--Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author Darling Girl is a richly written story of what it means to live in the wake of a fairy tale, and the strength and courage it takes to step out of that shadow and find your own story. Full of heartache, sacrifice, and bravery, this is a book that will linger in a reader's thoughts.
--Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians
"A compelling and richly imagined twist on an old story, Liz Michalski's Darling Girl captured me on page one and hasn't released me yet. An emotionally gripping demonstration that a mother's love, when tested, can become a force of nature. I will never look at Neverland and its inhabitants the same way again."
--Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader
A dark and elegant look at a story we all know well. Liz Michalski takes Peter Pan where all the old stories go, where magic is never without a cost, and pixie dust might be more powerful than you imagine. Fantastic!
--Barbara O'Neal, When We Believed in Mermaids A captivating question quivers at the center of the engrossing novel, Darling Girl What if Peter Pan isn't just a story? While meeting the Peter Pan you never knew, reading Darling Girl is like falling under the enchanting spell of Liz Michalski prose. As with all true magic, there must be both the seductive darkness and the illuminating light: Michalski masterfully gives us both. Darling Girl introduces us to the Darling family decades away from Wendy and Peter, descendants who are grappling with secrets that protect a family mythology and a boy who will never grow up. With a young girl and her fiercely protective mother at the center of a spellbinding story, Darling Girl is powerful and captivating. Neverland and the reader will never be the same again.
--Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author A dark and dazzling tale. Liz Michalski has used her own magic wand to shed light on the lengths we go to in order to preserve the myth of beauty, the myth of youth, and even the myth of fairytales themselves."
--Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author Darling Girl is a richly written story of what it means to live in the wake of a fairy tale, and the strength and courage it takes to step out of that shadow and find your own story. Full of heartache, sacrifice, and bravery, this is a book that will linger in a reader's thoughts.
--Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians
