Adrift In Currents Clean And Clear
Just finished reading "Adrift In Currents Clean And Clear" by Seanan McGuire, published by TOR Books.
Now you do have to have a reader of McGuire's Wayward Children's portal series, which started with "Every Heart A Doorway," to understand that "Adrift In Currents Clean And Clear" is solely devoted to telling Nadya's story, who is a Drowned Girl.
Nadya was a somewhat peripheral character from earlier books in this wonderful series. This is her story without any diversion to the other series characters. The book takes her from childhood in a Russian orphanage through American adoption to her ‘through the door” experience. It deals with culture, issues of transnational adoption and a fantasy world under water.
Nadya was always aware that she was missing the mother who left her at the hospital just after giving birth in Russia. But she never felt the loss of her right forearm until her adopted parents fitted her with her first prosthetic. It was cumbersome, uncomfortable, and it made the lack clear where Nadya had never before felt it. How could she miss an arm she never had? How could she miss the way people react once she has a fake one?
Unable to articulate all of the ways the prosthetic arm and the expectation that she be grateful for it feel like a betrayal, Nadya does what any child would do. She tries to find ways to be away from home and her parents. Being a certain type of child, she makes her way to the park and the turtles. It was only a matter of time before she found Belyyreka, the Land Beneath the Lake.
It's only after she falls and wakes up as a Drowned Girl that Nadya begins to understand all of the things that were actually missing from her life (her right arm still isn't one of those things). Finding love, acceptance, and a real home are rare gifts for anyone.
Yet as Nadya finds her greatest happiness, she also finds her greatest tragedy.
Recommended for fans of the series.
Strongly Recommended.
Four Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Adrift-Current...
Now you do have to have a reader of McGuire's Wayward Children's portal series, which started with "Every Heart A Doorway," to understand that "Adrift In Currents Clean And Clear" is solely devoted to telling Nadya's story, who is a Drowned Girl.
Nadya was a somewhat peripheral character from earlier books in this wonderful series. This is her story without any diversion to the other series characters. The book takes her from childhood in a Russian orphanage through American adoption to her ‘through the door” experience. It deals with culture, issues of transnational adoption and a fantasy world under water.
Nadya was always aware that she was missing the mother who left her at the hospital just after giving birth in Russia. But she never felt the loss of her right forearm until her adopted parents fitted her with her first prosthetic. It was cumbersome, uncomfortable, and it made the lack clear where Nadya had never before felt it. How could she miss an arm she never had? How could she miss the way people react once she has a fake one?
Unable to articulate all of the ways the prosthetic arm and the expectation that she be grateful for it feel like a betrayal, Nadya does what any child would do. She tries to find ways to be away from home and her parents. Being a certain type of child, she makes her way to the park and the turtles. It was only a matter of time before she found Belyyreka, the Land Beneath the Lake.
It's only after she falls and wakes up as a Drowned Girl that Nadya begins to understand all of the things that were actually missing from her life (her right arm still isn't one of those things). Finding love, acceptance, and a real home are rare gifts for anyone.
Yet as Nadya finds her greatest happiness, she also finds her greatest tragedy.
Recommended for fans of the series.
Strongly Recommended.
Four Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Adrift-Current...
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