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• 1. I think Ruth meant that she knew Henry had been changed and wasn't her original Henry, but that she was alright with that. I think Tess always knew there was something different about him too. 2. Bill seemed to know all along that Henry wasn't his true son, and after he caught a glimpse of Aniday on the lawn, that was it for him. I think it drove him a little mad. It seemed as as the Gustav/Henry almost suited Ruth better than her natural son did. (NT) -- cg, 14:51:05 12/20/11 Tue
  • And that s/b 'as if the Gustav/Henry'. Yeesh. (NT) -- cg, 16:11:16 12/20/11 Tue
  • I agree with you on this. She seems to be very pleased with the child she's given and accepts him for all of his special talents, that maybe she wasn't seeing in the original Henry. (NT) -- Lil, 16:33:01 12/20/11 Tue
  • Ruth is being a mom, even if she might think Henry isn't her own, she is still playing the role of mother and taking care of a what she feels is a child deserving of love and attention. (NT) -- Denise, 18:35:41 12/20/11 Tue
    • If she always knew though, and she says she did, why did it not bother her the way it did Henry's father? To me it seems she was alright with the change. (NT) -- cg, 18:58:10 12/20/11 Tue
      • It doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? I don't recall if I thought she was simple, but she does move on rather easily, doesn't she? (NT) -- Denise, 21:55:36 12/20/11 Tue

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• 3. I believed Speck left because the changeling world was coming apart and she wanted a new start elsewhere, it was, I think for her, simply time to go. I believed she left the map so that Aniday could follow her if he wanted to. Or he could try to steal back his life as Henry, she was giving him a choice by leaving without him. I do think that Aniday found her. (NT) -- cg, 14:54:07 12/20/11 Tue
  • I do agree that Speck was leaving a trail for Aniday to follow, if he so chose, and yes, he finds her. I needed that happy thought at the end of the book :) (NT) -- Denise, 18:41:45 12/20/11 Tue

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• 4. Yes, I think it's a fairy tale for adults- it certainly had that dark feel to it. I'm not sure there's a moral, or if there is my head can't suss it out right now. Maybe it's that life itself is a stolen moment, and so we need to live it as best we can. They are both stolen children in the end. Henry is forever haunted by the fact that he took Aniday's rightful life, and Aniday is haunted by the life he never had a chance to live. We are all stolen children in the end, I think, stolen in a variety of ways, by time and circumstance, by the choices we make and the things we do which go against our own nature, wants and desires, and be the things and people we lose along the way. We steal our own child from within ourselves and call it being an adult. (NT) -- cg, 15:32:12 12/20/11 Tue
  • That s/b 'by the things we lose'. I need to log back in so I can edit once again. (NT) -- cg, 15:33:24 12/20/11 Tue

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• . For all your hard work with this book and all the other throughout the year. I didn't take part all that much this year, but I certainly enjoyed participating when I could and at least I got my book finished finally. (NT) -- cg, 16:13:51 12/20/11 Tue
  • I had a Thank you, Nalana! in front of that post above. Not sure where it went to. Maybe the fairies thieved it. (NT) -- cg, 16:15:03 12/20/11 Tue
    • You are welcome! I hope you'll be able to be involved more next year...maybe your book can be on our list for 2012? :-) (NT) -- Lil, 16:27:42 12/20/11 Tue
      • Absolutely, if everyone is interested in discussing it. :) (NT) -- cg, 16:53:45 12/20/11 Tue
        • Well, duh, of course we will! :-) What's an estimated release date?? (NT) -- Lil, 17:38:34 12/20/11 Tue
          • March 17th- we gave ourselves plenty of room with time, for any snafus that might crop up. I talked to the remaining two editors and Gavin about the cover and deadlines, so it should all come together in mid-January and then we start the process with the printers. Mind you, I still have to write the back cover blurb....sigh, my least favourite thing in the whole process. (NT) -- cg, 18:08:42 12/20/11 Tue
            • Yeahhhhhh! A fitting celebration for St. Paddy's Day! (NT) -- Denise, 18:32:38 12/20/11 Tue
            • I remember you saying that....CRS setting in. Lol! (NT) -- Lil, 20:04:35 12/20/11 Tue
    • Yes, absolutely Thank you, Nalana - superb job again. I've already started a list of books I'd like to discuss next year *g*. (NT) -- Denise, 18:44:41 12/20/11 Tue
      • Thank you, Denise!! I'm going to address next years list starting next week. (NT) -- Lil, 20:05:56 12/20/11 Tue
  •   I was just coming to thank Nalana for all of her hard work on this board again this year, thank you so much!!! (NT) -- PeggyB, 09:08:23 12/21/11 Wed

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• 3. I think there is a sense of hope for the future when it comes to Speck. Specifically when she leaves the map in plain sight, but doesn't hand it over to Aniday. I think she hopes he'll find it and come find her, but only if he's looking beyond his own place in time/space. I think he finds her and they somehow live a happy life with each other. (NT) -- Lil, 16:31:03 12/20/11 Tue

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• 2. In addition to knowing Henry wasn't his true son, I think he realized that Henry wasn't even attached to him - they weren't just "not related", the new Henry was cut from a different cloth than the blue collar Bill Day. I think that disturbed him daily and then seeing Aniday threw him right over the edge. (NT) -- Lil, 16:35:51 12/20/11 Tue
  • How strange and sad for Henry's dad to know he no longer has a son of his blood but this stranger in his place. (NT) -- Denise, 18:38:47 12/20/11 Tue
  • I agree there really was no "connection" between "new" Henry and his "dad." (NT) -- PeggyB, 09:09:49 12/21/11 Wed

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• Cindy recommended this book to me when I asked about changelings. As everyone knows, I am adopted, my parents never had any children of their own. My mom and I were very close, dad always seemed somehow separate from the rest of the family. I don't know if it would have been different if he had "natural" children, or if that was just his nature. I know he loved me, but we never had a close relationship. My mom tried to support my interests, like Henry's mom did with his music, but my dad didn't get involved. Perhaps that is one reason this book really stuck with me and I wanted to share it with the rest of the group. (NT) -- PeggyB, 09:15:30 12/21/11 Wed
  • It was a great recommendation by both you and Cindy. I really enjoyed it and will recommend it to others. (NT) -- Lil, 14:26:30 12/21/11 Wed