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House, Book 2 Nina Kiriki Hoffman 2001 ISBN: 0-441-00898-4 PRAISE FOR Past the Size of Dreaming тАЬGreat urban fantasy ... A beautiful story. Nina Kiriki Hoffman is a wonderful storyteller who makes the written word sing. The characters drive the story as the motley crew wins the hearts of readers who will anxiously await the next installment in this fabulous series.тАЭ тАФHarriet Klausner, Midwest Book Review PRAISE FOR A Red Heart of Memories Chosen as one of the best fantasy novels of 1999 by Locus Chosen as one of the Year 2000 Best Books for Teen Readers by the New York Public Library тАЬHoffman is an expert at creating battered yet resilient characters who confront the world with odd powers and offbeat perspectives. Her empathy for the underdog is deeply felt, without ever stooping to sticky sentimentality, and her latest book displays her narrative strengths to full advantage.тАЭ тАФSan Francisco Chronicle тАЬBeautifully written ... at once whimsical and morally serious, featuring well-developed characters, a contemporary setting, some highly original forms of magic, and a center darker than is immediately writers of fantasy working in America today.тАЭ тАФThe New York Review of Science Fiction тАЬFans of Charles de LintтАЩs modern-world fantasies should appreciate HoffmanтАЩs graceful storytelling and down-to-earth magic.тАЭ тАФLibrary Journal тАЬNina Kiriki Hoffman continues to explore a fantasy realm not quite like anyone elseтАЩs .... These characters have to work their way through plenty of lifeтАЩs hard knocks ... they return to a youthful emotional directness which can look straight into the heart of thingsтАФsomething like Zenna HendersonтАЩs People, but with Nina Kiriki HoffmanтАЩs own special sense of the lives within.тАЭ тАФLocus тАЬHoffman handles the interconnected solutions to the trioтАЩs problems with skill, as each solution leads subtly to greater understanding and compassion ... in a quiet talc of three injured souls helping each other toward happiness.тАЭ тАФPublishers Weekly тАЬHoffman addresses serious concerns ... but the journey is leavened by MattтАЩs irrepressible characterтАФa wonderful mix of pure common sense and whimsy. Highly recommended.тАЭ тАФCharles de Lint, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction тАЬExquisite ... her imagination is limitless.тАЭ тАФKICC, National Public Radio |
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