In An Absent Dream
Book description
This fourth entry tells the origin story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on…
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2 authors picked In An Absent Dream as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I don't know how to summarize this book. It was beautiful and heartbreaking, fresh and classic, magic and fantastic and real and raw at the same time. It takes a story we all know and twists it in a way you'd never expect and yet couldn't happen any other way. It was a gut punch and I need to look into the rest of the series.
This book is a standalone story that takes place in the Wayward Children series.
Due to its nature as a standalone, people who read the series skip over it, and people who haven’t read the series avoid it. This is one of my favorite books of all time. More than the magic or adventure, I love how human it feels.
No people are good or bad, and decisions are made from the heart. This book fuels my passion for storytelling, reminding me that the heart of a story isn’t intricate plots or crazy settings, but relatable characters.
I strive to…
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