Book-a-day until I publish July 15.
The Hall Family Chronicles are a wonderful mix of magic and the real world.
It was a toss-up for me, should I pick The Swing in the Summerhouse, or The Astonishing Stereoscope?
But I finally picked the former…
Because I always wanted a summerhouse. I always wanted a stereoscope, too, but there is a deep yearning in me for a Victorian house with a summerhouse and outbuildings. Like the one on the cover of the first book in the series.
My dream house.
Of course, I live in NYC. Urban Brooklyn. No painted ladies in our neighborhood. There are some way the way out in Brooklyn, but not in “the Hills”, as The Lost Princess of Story calls our neighborhood, that Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill universe. I am blessed to live in a tiny house, painted white, older than the Brooklyn Bridge. But no summerhouse.
I discovered recently that the house in the Hall Family books is real. Walden Street in Concord, MA.
What an appropriate address. (If you have read the books, you will understand. If not, definitely go check them out.)
I love that the house exists. It is going on my list of literary tourism trips that I look forward to after lockdown is really over. (I know it is over for many, but even though I am vaxxed, my health has me being really cautious. I had a bad case of COVID and still have long haul symptoms.)
I love that the Hall’s house is real. I love that there is a series of kids books that explore Transcendentalism. I love the blend of the everyday and mundane with the magical, the exciting, and the dark that happens in the pages of these books.
I also love the swing that ticks down time. Magical and a little eerie.
Give it a try. I think you will like it.
And don’t forget, my own book of magic, The Lost Princess of Story, is available on Amazon July 15.
Your Fairy Bookmother,
Suzanne
