The Crane Wife, (Paperback)

from ParadisePorch

Beautifully written, this modern-day story feels like a folkloric myth and although it is based on Japanese lore, it has universal appeal and could easily be Ukrainian, Finnish, or Native American. Middle-aged & lonely George Duncan helps an injured crane that lands in his garden one night, and t...

from SashaM

I don't know what to think of this book. Yes, I did like it but i'm still processing if it's great or pretentious, lyrical or over-done, An adult fairy tale / creation myth or total crap... Patrick Ness is a lovely writer. There was depth to most of the characters and the relationships between th...

from jolerie

But if it wasn't a dream, it was one of those special corners of what's real, one of those moments, only a handful of which he could recall throughout his lifetime, where the world dwindled down to almost no one, where it seemed to pause just for him, so that he could, for a moment, be seized int...

from bell7

Forty-eight-year-old George is a divorced father and grandfather, an American who has lived in England for years. One night, a mysterious bird shows up on his lawn with an arrow piercing her wing. The next day, a woman shows up at his printing office with some art, and his life is altered forever...

from crsini

*i received this book through Goodreads. Thanks to those that made it happen!*One thing is apparent after having finished this book, and that is Ness' ability to write believable and multifaceted characters. Every character in The Crane Wife is an embodiment of the story's themes: loneliness, des...