A review by erine
Binny for Short by Hilary McKay

5.0

So incredibly delightful. The beginning reminded me of Sense and Sensibility (family with three kids loses the father and ends up in an out-of-the-way cottage). The dual layer story added an ominous, semi-spooky tone that paid out big for me in the end (in a positive way). The moods in the story were almost their own characters, the descriptions were eloquent and fitting. I loved this.

Spoiler

And there was a perfectly happy ending.

"Yes, but stories are important. My father said they were. He said sometimes stories can save your life."