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Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
“And I decided that there might be things I would never understand, no matter how hard I tried. Though try I would.
And that there would be people who would never hear my one small voice, no matter what I had to say.
But then a better thought occurred, and this was the one I carried away with me that day: If my life was to be just a single note in an endless symphony, how could I not sound it out for as long and as loudly as I could?"
“I didn't tell him that I'd put his awful stories in boxes and stacked them on a shelf at the back of my mind. I could hear a quieter version of them still, from their dark place, through all the other business that occupied my brain, but I wouldn't unlid those boxes until I was ready to hear [his] stories again as they wanted to be heard.”
If you would like to distract me, just hand me a list of books that I should read. Although I have tried to winnow my reading interests down to a manageable level, I have not succeeded. Which is why at any time I might be reading essays, a romance, a biography, and some poetry. Which explains how I found Wolf Hall. It was on some list and caught my eye. I just never remember to note the list these books come from.
Juvenile fiction is not a regular read for me, but when I find a kids’ novel that I like, I zip right through it. There are some excellent writers around whose books are for kids. They don’t talk down to their audience. These authors respect their readers and give them (and adults) plenty to think about. I never read a book by Wolk before, but she is in this crowd. This was a well-written book that gave me much to contemplate.
I still haven’t figured out which list this interesting tale came from, but it has only encouraged me to see what other lists of good books are calling my name.
And that there would be people who would never hear my one small voice, no matter what I had to say.
But then a better thought occurred, and this was the one I carried away with me that day: If my life was to be just a single note in an endless symphony, how could I not sound it out for as long and as loudly as I could?"
“I didn't tell him that I'd put his awful stories in boxes and stacked them on a shelf at the back of my mind. I could hear a quieter version of them still, from their dark place, through all the other business that occupied my brain, but I wouldn't unlid those boxes until I was ready to hear [his] stories again as they wanted to be heard.”
If you would like to distract me, just hand me a list of books that I should read. Although I have tried to winnow my reading interests down to a manageable level, I have not succeeded. Which is why at any time I might be reading essays, a romance, a biography, and some poetry. Which explains how I found Wolf Hall. It was on some list and caught my eye. I just never remember to note the list these books come from.
Juvenile fiction is not a regular read for me, but when I find a kids’ novel that I like, I zip right through it. There are some excellent writers around whose books are for kids. They don’t talk down to their audience. These authors respect their readers and give them (and adults) plenty to think about. I never read a book by Wolk before, but she is in this crowd. This was a well-written book that gave me much to contemplate.
I still haven’t figured out which list this interesting tale came from, but it has only encouraged me to see what other lists of good books are calling my name.