By Ursula Pflug
Published: September 15th, 2013
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ISBN: 978-0-9881478-3-6
Genre: Novel
Description
The Alphabet Stones is about three families, one of them supernatural, and how they intertwine—with each other and with the land, a moody eastern Ontario of communes, music festivals and cedar swamps; stony farms and muddy rivers. This is a story about enchantment—how the land enchants us, how we enchant one another—why it’s necessary that we do, and dangerous when we don’t. Like 14 year old Jody, we learn not just the names of trees and stars and birds, but also of “the gate between worlds,” a place she stumbles across in a forgotten back pasture, both ordinary and powerfully mysterious.
Literary Reviews
“Pflug sets out to do no small thing: worry the voice out of stones, the magic out of secret rooms; trace the shifting shape of a shadow childhood. This is an enchanting book, quietly spell-binding. A minor miracle.”-Tim Wynne-Jones
“The Alphabet Stones does what a good fantasy is supposed to do: take on difficult subjects without losing the story’s underlying sense of wonder. This is an absorbing, modern day fairy tale and I loved every moment of it.” – Charles de Lint
- A Review of the Alphabet Stones
- A Review of The Alphabet Stones by Pegi Eyers on page 14 of The Link magazine
- A Review of The Alphabet Stones in Riffs & Ripples by Chris Faiers
- A Review of in Reality Skimming by Lynda Williams
- Ursula Pflug in an interview on Speculating Canada
- A Review in Amazing Stories online by Steve Fahnestalk
Read the Community Reviews of The Alphabet Stones on GoodReads.com
