false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172532820m/186417.jpg 186417 3 Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell. Since they were introduced in the first Newford story, "Timeskip," back in 1989, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize what everybody else always has: that they belong together. But theyve been clueless about how they feel for each other. Now in Widdershins, a stand-alone novel of fairy courts set in shopping malls and the bohemian street scene, their story is finally being told. To walk "widdershins" is to walk counterclockwise around something. Its a classic pathway into the fairy realm. Its also the way people often back slowly into the relationships that matter, the real ones that make for a life. In Widdershins Charles de Lint has delivered one of the most accessible and moving works of his career. "The [Newford] books have all been written in such a way that you should be able to pick up any one and get a full and complete story. However, characters do reoccur, off center stage as it were, and their stories do follow a sequence." 848940 2006 Widdershins (Newford Book 16) total:746|5:12|4:13|3:9|2:3|1:2| 746 3047 1037 90 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 15:07:37 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 15:17:57 -0700 2007 The Onion Girl left off. While technically it can be viewed as a sequel (some would argue that, since Spirits in the Wires came out after Onion Girl and before Widdershins), again de Lint creates a novel that can stand alone if you hadn't read anything of ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 25 18:55:41 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 06:45:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 11 14:04:45 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 14:04:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 07:56:56 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 07:57:04 -0800 2009

In a contrary or counterclockwise direction: “The coracle whirled round, clockwise, then widdershins” (Anthony Bailey).



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She's appeared in numerous short stories as both protagonist and supporting character and did a lot of supporting work in novels, but she didn't get her...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 19:54:23 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 19:24:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 13 12:46:43 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 11:43:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 06:04:54 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 09 14:13:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 09:04:55 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 09:23:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:41:25 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 17:45:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 16:52:20 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 22:36:17 -0700 2009
This is book is kind of didactic, and the ending (though less so the middle) is extremely predictable. But it's so hard not to love deLint's characters and their idealistic ways, even if they don't always really have a realistic num...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 10:05:16 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 10:08:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Sat Oct 10 20:47:21 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:47:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 08:50:55 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 20:57:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=186417