The Motion of Puppets : A Novel (Paperback)

from einin

Author Keith Donohue is back with The Motion of Puppets. Here, Donohue spins a weird tale of transient souls, lost love, and - yes - puppets. When Theo and Kay, scholar and acrobat, respectively, summer in Old City Quaebec, Kay becomes enamored with a strange puppet in the window of a toy shop. O...

from lesindy

Kay is an acrobat in a circus in Canada. Her husband is translating a photographer's memoirs when all of a sudden, Kay goes missing. She was last seen at a shop that sells puppets. Kay's husband Theo searches for her, and never gives up hope. Kay is transformed, but can Theo find her? This book w...

from agrimscythe

In Keith Donohue's modern retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice, The Motion of Puppets, we're introduced to a range of characters from a besotted husband and his missing wife, to an emotionally unstable puppet girl as the husband embarks on a journey to save his wife from eternity as a doll. For fans...

from flourgirl49

I was kind of bored with this book by page 50 and entertained the thought of giving up on it. I'm glad I didn't. It was weird, freaky and kind of magical at the same time, and the ending was unexpected and fantastic (to me anyway). There were aspects of the story I wasn't thrilled about, particul...

from datrappert

Anyone familiar with the myth of Orpheus will have an inkling of where this one is heading. Along the way there, the author draws us into an engrossing story of a woman turned into a puppet, her desperate newlywed husband searching for her, the dwarf who helps, and all the other puppets she meets...