![]() ![]() ![]() And, while this book is remarkably different from Potter's last book, the profoundly moving SLOB, which is also quite different from her series of books about Olivia Kidney, an artistic outsider who can commune with ghosts, they all share the wonderful quality of being layered stories filled with intriguing characters who all share a deep love for one another - sisters, brothers, fathers and even adopted mothers.Įllen Potter has a true gift for taking a difficult, painful and even traumatic childhood event and wrapping it in a fascinating, funny story with an embrace like a warm, colorful scarf on a cold, grey day. The Kneebone Boy is a mystery wrapped in an adventure, cloaked in a gothic tale, spiked with oddities and observations by an unknown narrator and finally is, at it's heart, a story about families. It is not until the end of the book that you realize just what kind of story it is, and even then it is hard to pin down. Three or four chapters into the book it seems like it's going to be one kind of story, half way through the book you are sure it's a different kind of story. ![]() The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter reminds me a bit of colorful puzzle pieces that don't seem to make a picture until you have fitted the last few pieces in. ![]()
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