The Motion of Puppets
by:
Keith Donohue (author)
From the bestselling author of The Boy Who Drew Monsters and The Stolen Child comes a modern take on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth—a suspenseful tale of romance and enchantmentIn the Old City of Québec, Kay Harper falls in love with a puppet in the window of the Quatre Mains, a toy shop that is...
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From the bestselling author of The Boy Who Drew Monsters and The Stolen Child comes a modern take on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth—a suspenseful tale of romance and enchantmentIn the Old City of Québec, Kay Harper falls in love with a puppet in the window of the Quatre Mains, a toy shop that is never open. She is spending her summer working as an acrobat with the cirque wh
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781250057181 (1250057183)
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
I could have saved myself a lot of time if I had known from the start of this that 'The Motion of Puppets' was a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice. This was a bizarre novel, Kay falls in love with a puppet standing in a closed-up Antique Doll store she passes on her way home every day. One night, ...