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Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan

Michalski, Liz

Synopsis:

This novel is a new version of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, and shifts to a multigenerational tale of the Darling women, exploring the bonds between mothers, children, and siblings, and the difficulties recovering from trauma whether experienced as a child or an adult. There are reimagined stories of familiar characters and locations recognizable from the earlier stories. The author taps into the dark side of the original novel and weaves these dark underpinnings into a story of loss, regret, determination and redemption.


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  • Read review by: Daryl M.

    We all know the story of Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up. J.M. Barrie wrote and published a play and two books about Peter and his adventures in the early 20th century, recounting how Peter visited the Darling children: Wendy, John, and Michael, and spirited them away...

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