Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce
Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce
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Some Kind of Fairy Tale

Author: Graham Joyce

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 9 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2012

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Some Kind of Fairy Tale is the mesmerizing new novel from acclaimed author Graham Joyce. Twenty years ago, sixteen-year-old Tara Martin disappeared from a small town in the heart of England. Now, her sudden return and the mind-bending tale of where she's been will challenge our very perception of the truth. For twenty years after Tara Martin disappeared, her parents and her brother, Peter, lived in denial of the grim fact that she was gone for good. Then suddenly on Christmas Day, the doorbell rings at her parents' home, and there, dishevelled and slightly peculiar looking, Tara stands. It's a miracle, but alarm bells are ringing for Peter. Tara's story just does not add up. And, incredibly, she barely looks a day older than when she vanished. Award-winning author Graham Joyce is a master of exploring new realms of understanding that exist between dreams and reality, between the known and unknown. Some Kind of Fairy Tale is a one-of-a-kind journey every bit as magical as its title implies-and as real and unsentimental as the world around us. "Joyce blends reality with fantasy in this modern-day fable...Though Joyce envisions an intriguing realm nestled against our own, what's most compelling are his characters' chaotic emotions and reconnections as they struggle to cope with what they can't understand."-Publishers Weekly

About Graham Joyce

Graham Joyce, a winner of the O. Henry Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the World Fantasy Award, lives in Leicester, England, with his family. His books include Some Kind of Fairy Tale, The Silent Land, Smoking Poppy, Indigo (a New York Times Notable Book of 2000), The Tooth Fairy, and Requiem, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

A fairy tale...on the other hand, demands of the reader total surrender; so long as he is in its world, there must for him be no other. W.H. Auden this is the epigraph which opens chapter three of joyce's novel, and it is a good place to start. this is a deceptively immersive type of storytelling,......more

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean

Some Kind Of Fairy Tale is partly set in an Other World; a disturbingly fecund and pagan world inhabited by creatures of myth. Or is it? We are drawn to this other world, alongside the main character, by means of a series of images and archetypes as old as myth itself. Or are we? "The Outwoods is a......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

Some Kind of Fairy Tale is a fantasy set in modern times. Peter is a farrier (shoes horses and fixes small, metallic things). He has a lovely wife and four beautiful children. He also has a sister whom he hasn't seen for nearly twenty years, presumed dead. Imagine his surprise, when she shows up at......more

Goodreads review by Candi

3 stars "There is a veil to this world, thin as smoke, and it draws back occasionally and when it does we can see incredible things." This, my second Graham Joyce novel, forced me to ponder - what is reality and what is fantasy? Is there really a veil to the world that is drawn back, or do we have to......more

Goodreads review by Tim The Enchanter

My Number 9 Read for 2015 A Wonderful Surprise - 5 Stars I picked this book up on a whim. The premise sounded rather interesting and I thought it was worth a shot. That said, there was little trepidation as I realized the book contained magical realism. My experience with this have ranged from......more

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