7/7/2023 0 Comments Edith pattou westIt is indeed heavily inspired by the Norwegian fairytale ‘ East of the Sun and West Of The Moon’ of which we have an illustrated copy from the crucial plot elements, yet Edith has suffused the myth with a freshness by supplanting the Magical trials of our heroine with real ones, albeit maybe with a dash of magical help and perhaps nods to the original along the way but indeed there is a loving respect given to the source material. There is Mythology galore with East of the Sun and West Of The Moon, Tales Of Norse Gods and Niflheim and wonderful tales of shapeshifting. This situation, a waiting Troll Princess and a betrayal begin a epic journey of hope and determination and courage to find out what one is made of and how far one will go. One day a polar bear comes to the door of Rose’s family and asks that she come live with him and all their wishes will come true. She was supposed to replace her lost sister who was born facing East, for a North Child is destined to wander far from home. Rose was not supposed to be a North Child. I missed North Child the first time it was published in 2003 (as East in the USA) and whilst I’m sad that this is so, I was so pleased and cheered to be introduced to this world at exactly the right time for my imagination which is crackling aflame rediscovering my love of mythology and folklore. When I learned that I had been selected to receive a copy of North Child by Edith Pattou I was so very excited.
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