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The Marsh King's Daughter
by Karen Dionne
Outstanding psychological thriller set in Michigan's famed Upper Peninsula. A man, half Ojibwe, kidnaps a 14-year-old girl and disappears in the marsh, holding her captive for years. They have a daughter, Helena, who knows nothing of the world beyond hunting, fishing, and simply surviving. She loves her father who is an expert tracker and marksman, and tells long tales of the Ojibwe, but he also can be unexpectedly brutal. He is a psychopath.
This story toggles between present day and childhood, mirroring the story by Hans Christian Andersen The Marsh King's Daughter which contrasts the dueling natures of good and evil in all of us. Helena is now a young wife and mother with two very young daughters; her mother is dead and her father has just escaped from prison. Trained by her father, Helena knows she is the only one who can find him. As the two periods of time unfold, unspeakable cruelty is revealed. Anyone interested in the stories of girls who have been held captive for years will find this utterly fascinating, and it is truly suspenseful with a low-grade but ever present sense of danger.
Great descriptions of the U.P, lots of insight into the world of survivalists, and a number of references to the 'real world' which helps the reader have a sense of the timing of this story and the isolation these people lived in.
This story toggles between present day and childhood, mirroring the story by Hans Christian Andersen The Marsh King's Daughter which contrasts the dueling natures of good and evil in all of us. Helena is now a young wife and mother with two very young daughters; her mother is dead and her father has just escaped from prison. Trained by her father, Helena knows she is the only one who can find him. As the two periods of time unfold, unspeakable cruelty is revealed. Anyone interested in the stories of girls who have been held captive for years will find this utterly fascinating, and it is truly suspenseful with a low-grade but ever present sense of danger.
Great descriptions of the U.P, lots of insight into the world of survivalists, and a number of references to the 'real world' which helps the reader have a sense of the timing of this story and the isolation these people lived in.