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The Stolen Child
The Stolen Child | Keith Donohue
I am a changelinga word that describes within its own name what we are bound and intended to do. We kidnap a human child and replace him or her with one of our own. . . .The double story of Henry Day begins in 1949, when he is kidnapped at age seven by a band of wild childlike beings who live in an ancient, secret community in the forest. The changelings rename their captive Aniday and he becomes, like them, unaging and stuck in time. They leave one of their own to take his place, an imposter who must trywith varying successto hide his true identity from the Day family. As the changeling Henry grows up, he is haunted by glimpses of his lost double and by vague memories of his own childhood a century earlier. Narrated in turns by Henry and Aniday, The Stolen Child follows them as their lives converge, driven by their obsessive search for who they were before they changed places in the world. Moving from a realistic setting in small-town America deep into the forest of humankinds most basic desires and fears, this remarkable novel is a haunting fable about identity and the illusory innocence of childhood. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Kaila-ann
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Book mail! Love coming home to mail that isn‘t junk or bills 😜. #bookcrossing #bookswap #wishlist #mountTBR

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abookishbutterfly
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4.5 stars

52 week challenge: A fantasy (11)

I loved this book even more that I‘d expected to. It‘s an unforgettable tale of love, loss, regret, & remorse, seen through two very different perspectives who cannot understand each other, though, in some way, they are the same.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2718095247

Aniday, Chavisory, & Luchog are #uniquecharacternames #literaryluck @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

vkois88 Very unique! 6y
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abookishbutterfly
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“Another day brings a different promise.” ~The Stolen Child/Keith Donohue

Picture taken outside Walworth-Seely Public Library a couple years ago.

suvata Beautiful photo — Absolutely framable 6y
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abookishbutterfly
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The most merciless thing in the world is love. When love flees, all that remains is memory to compensate. ~The Stolen Child/Keith Donohue

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abookishbutterfly
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“Besides, it is a lonesome life,” said Chavisory.

“True,” Speck agreed. “But you can be lonely with a dozen friends beside you.”

LeafingThroughLife Loved this book! 6y
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abookishbutterfly
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“Shut up, man. It‘s possible. But they‘re afraid of people, that much I know.”

“The whosits?”

“The changelings. That‘s why you never see them.”

“Why are they so afraid of us? Seems like we should be afraid of them?”

“Used to be that way, man, but people stopped believing in myths and fairy tales.”

~The Stolen Child/Keith Donohue

HippiesPJparty Ohhh. This sounds cool!! 6y
abookishbutterfly @HippiesPJparty I‘m liking it so far! 6y
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abookishbutterfly
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For our first Valentine‘s Day together as a married couple, my husband & I played a little book game. We went out and bought 3 secondhand books for each other with no clues to go on other than what we know of each other. We recorded the exchange last night to capture our natural reactions. This will be a new tradition!

Pictured: The Stolen Child, The Last Dickens, and Handle With Care.

#flowers #literarylove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Nebklvr What a cool idea! 6y
Ruthiella Perfect for bookish couples!!!😍 6y
vkois88 Adorable! 6y
Kimberlone What a great idea! 6y
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BarbaraJean
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Haunting, beautiful, strange, and a bit unsettling—this was a unique story. It follows two boys: one is a changeling who steals away the other so he can take his place. It‘s fascinating to see each story unfold, as both boys struggle with loss and displacement. Themes of childhood, memory, and loneliness run throughout—melancholy, but gorgeously written.

mcipher I really enjoyed that book! 6y
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BarbaraJean
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I‘m sitting in my reading nook, reading the tagged book and enjoying this beautiful view of the crescent moon out of my window. A lovely evening indeed!

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BarbaraJean
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I‘ve always been fascinated by changeling stories, and I love the William Butler Yeats poem by the same title:
“Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand.
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.”

...which is why I originally picked this up (don‘t remember where or when!). It‘s still on the TBR, and I might just have to sneak it into the “read sooner” pile.
#child #readingresolutions

JazzFeathers I find the concept of the changeling so fascinating too. Thanks for feature gli this. Staked! 7y
Aimeesue Have you read Victor Lavalle's The Changeling? Very different setting, but a great story. 7y
BarbaraJean @Aimeesue I hadn‘t heard of that one, but it sounds really good! Thank you—I‘ll have to check it out! 7y
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DiannaHardy
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Creeped me out big time. I read it half #terrified, anxiety knotting in my stomach. It probably didn't help that I 100% believe in #fairies.
(Read back in 2001)

SilversReviews It was creepy but good. WELCOME TO LITSY!! 7y
DiannaHardy @SilversReviews thank you! Yes, it was good 😊 7y
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Bookfan13
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I just finished this amazing book - then went and put everything this author has written 'on hold' at my library. Like The Time Traveler's Wife, and The Night Circus this story of going to stay with me for a long time...

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Liberty
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More faerie book recommendations from the internet (that I happened to have upstairs in my library. 😝)

booksandsympathy I enjoyed The Stolen Child. 8y
elkeOriginal 👍👍for Stolen Child. 8y
BiblioTess So much love for The Stolen Child 8y
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callunakeep LOVED this book!! 8y
8leagueboot Uuuugh I have to get to the Stolen Child! 8y
8leagueboot I recommend the Faerie Wars Chronicles by Herbie Brennan, grimy punk-rock fey tales! 8y
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scaifea
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Follows the lives of a changeling and the child whose place the changeling took, in alternating chapters.
I enjoyed this one a good deal, although I don't think it will stay with me for long. The stories were well constructed, and nicely tied together, but it seemed to drag along in a few places.

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Hobbinol
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I'm really not in the bad mood you might suspect due to my choices for #thisshouldbeamovie -- Donohue & Shepard. Also: Despite the famous protests of author Salinger and playwright Albee, I'd like for their work to be better known to audiences who might not pick up their books. I would love to see Holden come to the big screen, and as for Albee... even though it was widely condemned, I'd love to see an auteur Tiny Alice.

LeahBergen I was fascinated with the changeling concept when I was a kid. This one looks good! 8y
Hobbinol The concept does leave much to ponder, @LeahBergen . I really admired this debut novel and hope to read his others (but you know how that goes... ) 8y
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pppooraikul
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As for #booksaboutinnocence, I'd pick this one. A child was kidnapped and a changeling replaced him, living his life. The story was told in both perspective, the stealer's and the stolen's. They both lived other people's lives and found the meaning of life there. #augustofpages

elkeOriginal Loved this book - well written and such a cool cover 💕 8y
pppooraikul @elkeo Totally agree. ❤️❤️ 8y
readinginthedark This sounds so interesting and unique! 8y
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LitHousewife I bought this book for my husband when it was first published. It's been unread this whole time. I'm thinking maybe I should pick it up and read it. Is sounds interesting. 8y
pppooraikul @readinginthedark It is! I highly recommend this one. It explored deep matters such as a person's identity yet remained light and magical. 8y
pppooraikul @LitHousewife Yes, please do! I'm also considering rereading it. It was so deep. Even if it turns out not to be your type, it's still worth the read. ☺️ 8y
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SistaPip
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Wonderfully eerie story.... Changelings.... One of those heartbreaking stories told in such a way that you empathize with all the characters, even as they hurt one another....

CherylDeFranceschi I really liked this book, too. 8y
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PenguinInFlight
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I loved this book! I'm a huge fan of fairytale retellings, and this took on the changeling myth in a fascinating way. Donohue's writing was beautiful. The change in narrator for each chapter flowed seamlessly. Definitely recommend!