I would give anything to write a story that means as much for other people as this has meant for me.
I'm with you. I read this story as an adult, as the mother of children of an age to read it, and I loved it so hard, so deeply. It was so rich, so compassionate, and so **true**. The scene where Saaski chases the bees with her father--just thinking of it brings tears to my eyes. They loved their changeling daughter as best they could... I think that's part of it: the author empathized with the parents, too.
And I liked the portrait of life among the folk, too--oh, just everything. It's a unique and wonderful book.
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Date: 2016-11-26 04:46 pm (UTC)I'm with you. I read this story as an adult, as the mother of children of an age to read it, and I loved it so hard, so deeply. It was so rich, so compassionate, and so **true**. The scene where Saaski chases the bees with her father--just thinking of it brings tears to my eyes. They loved their changeling daughter as best they could... I think that's part of it: the author empathized with the parents, too.
And I liked the portrait of life among the folk, too--oh, just everything. It's a unique and wonderful book.