![]() ![]() And through all this, she continued to sing. She grabbed my right hand, held it firmly once more. Lettie knocked the thing I was holding out of my hands, and it fell to the ground, where it collapsed into itself. Seeming far older than her outwardly young appearance, Lettie promises to take care of the boy, and what happens is a story that I think will require a reread to fully appreciate in detail. From there, we are submerged in those dark times when a man committed suicide near his home, and his relationship with his family became frightening. ![]() At seven years old, he spent a surreal series of nights with Lettie Hempstock and her mother and grandmother – a past he hasn’t given much thought to until now. I enjoy Gaiman’s writing immensely, and his new novel, The Ocean at The End of The Lane did not disappoint.Įxisting in that shadowy space between reality and dream, our unnamed narrator visits the Sussex farmland of his childhood neighbors. Would you believe that this is only the second Neil Gaiman book that I’ve ever read? I know, I am disappointed in this reading gap too, as it has happened for no good reason. ![]()
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