Ms. Leduc, the author of the brilliant The Centaur’s Wife, has created an imaginative fable, a fairy tale that explores the boundary between humans and animals. There are talking hyenas, the feral disciples. There are pilgrims, a maybe prophet, and a “religion”. Importantly, there is an animal reawakening, an acquisition of language and consciousness. This is an epic tale from 1908-2041 that is both surprising and exhilarating: what is human, what is wild?
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The Centaur’s Wife – Amanda Leduc
Heather has just given birth to twin daughters when a meteor shower destroys much of the world. So, on one hand, this is a post-apocalyptic survival story. How do you cope: with optimism (if we work together, we will survive) or pessimism (we are going to starve and die)? But there is a second key element in this book, that the nearby mountain has supernatural power, ground magic, and yes, that centaurs exist on the mountain. Fairy tales are interspersed with a stark realty. This is a compelling fable for our uncertain time.
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