Once Upon a Wardrobe
Patti Callahan
- From
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Secret
- Book
- of
- Flora
- Lea
- and
- Becoming
- Mrs.
- Lewis
- comes
- a
- fascinating
- look
- into
- the
- bond
- between
- siblings
- and
- the
- life-changing
- magic
- of
- stories.1950:
- Margaret
- Devonshire
- (Megs)
- is
- a
- seventeen-year-old
- student
- of
- mathematics
- and
- physics
- at
- Oxford
- University.
- When
- her
- beloved
- eight-year-old
- brother
- asks
- Megs
- if
- Narnia
- is
- real,
- logical
- Megs
- tells
- him
- it's
- just
- a
- book
- for
- children,
- and
- certainly
- not
- true.
- Homebound
- due
- to
- his
- illness,
- and
- remaining
- fixated
- on
- his
- favorite
- books,
- George
- presses
- her
- to
- ask
- the
- author
- of
- the
- recently
- released
- novel
- The
- Lion,
- the
- Witch
- and
- the
- Wardrobe
- a
- question:
- "Where
- did
- Narnia
- come
- from?"Despite
- her
- fear
- about
- approaching
- the
- famous
- author,
- who
- is
- a
- professor
- at
- her
- school,
- Megs
- soon
- finds
- herself
- taking
- tea
- with
- C.
- S.
- Lewis
- and
- his
- own
- brother
- Warnie,
- begging
- them
- for
- answers.Rather
- than
- directly
- telling
- her
- where
- Narnia
- came
- from,
- Lewis
- encourages
- Megs
- to
- form
- her
- own
- conclusion
- as
- he
- shares
- the
- little-known
- stories
- from
- his
- own
- life
- that
- led
- to
- his
- inspiration.
- As
- she
- takes
- these
- stories
- home
- to
- George,
- the
- little
- boy
- travels
- farther
- in
- his
- imagination
- than
- he
- ever
- could
- in
- real
- life.After
- holding
- so
- tightly
- to
- logic
- and
- reason,
- her
- brother's
- request
- leads
- Megs
- to
- absorb
- a
- more
- profound
- truth:
- "The
- way
- stories
- change
- us
- can't
- be
- explained.
- It
- can
- only
- be
- felt.
- Like
- love."Once
- Upon
- a
- Wardrobe
- is
- a
- captivating
- historical
- novel
- that
- deftly
- combines
- fact
- and
- fiction.
- It's
- an
- emotional
- journey
- into
- the
- books
- and
- stories
- that
- make
- us
- who
- we
- are.
- It's
- perfect
- for
- book
- clubs,
- for
- anyone
- who
- has
- ever
- longed
- to
- know
- more
- about
- Narnia,
- and
- for
- anyone
- whose
- life
- has
- ever
- been
- impacted
- by
- a
- story."It's
- a
- love
- letter
- to
- books
- and
- stories
- .
- .
- ."
- --THE
- WASHINGTON
- POST
- |
- ".
- .
- .
- a
- tender,
- enchanting
- tribute
- to
- the
- power
- of
- story
- and
- the
- myriad
- ways
- it
- can
- both
- break
- and
- heal
- our
- hearts."
- --ARIEL
- LAWHON
- |
- "Patti
- Callahan's
- beautiful,
- life-affirming
- novel
- is
- a
- reminder
- that
- literature
- lives
- inside
- us,
- and
- that
- when
- we
- read
- someone
- else's
- story,
- we
- understand
- so
- much
- more
- about
- our
- own.
- A
- gorgeous,
- compelling
- book."
- --JANET
- SKESLIEN
- CHARLES
- |
- ".
- .
- .
- the
- kind
- of
- real
- magic
- that
- is
- only
- possible
- when
- we
- open
- our
- hearts
- and
- let
- the
- lamplight
- in."
- --KRISTIN
- HARMEL
- |
- ".
- .
- .
- discovering
- the
- way
- in
- which
- stories--and
- myths--weave
- through
- our
- existences,
- subtly
- transforming
- us
- in
- immeasurable
- ways.
- Stunning."
- --MARIE BENEDICT
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