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The prize-winning author of Versailles tells the story of a small New England village unsettled by a young girl's unearthly gift.In Varennes, a town near the Canadian border, three girls come across the body of a dead man on the local lake's beach. Two of them run to get help, but twelve-year-old Mees Kipp stays with the body and somehow, inexplicably, brings it back to life. Her mysterious gift is at the center of this haunting and transcendent novel. THE THIN PLACE is the story of these girls, their town, and the worldly and otherworldly forces that come into play there over one summer. Writing at the peak of her powers, Kathryn Davis draws on commonplace forms-police blotters, garden almanacs, Sunday sermons, horoscopes, and diaries-to convey the rich rhythms of life in Varennes. From the ladies in the old-folks' home to trappers, lawyers, teachers, ministers, drug addicts-even the dogs and cats, beavers and bears-she peoples this novel with astonishingly vivid beings. The extraordinary comes to visit an ordinary town.
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This is a very unique book. There were many sentences in the book which struck me and that I enjoyed very much (such as Mees' observation that her dog smells like popcorn), but I found the story difficult to follow. The short chapters describe a large number of different characters, and the narrative jumps from character to character even within the brief chapters. Perhaps if I had been able to read this book in one sitting I would have enjoyed it more. However, the novel is well-written and oddly touching.
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Victoria (This was certainly an interesting book. Truly, it was beautifully written and captured what seemed to be an entire town for the early summer. The meanderings about the nature of the world somewhat slowed down the action and because it didn't really delve too deeply into any of the characters' lives, it didn't seem like a very modern book. I did like the sections that followed the P.O.V. of the dogs in particular. While I did enjoy it, I don't think I would pick up just any of her other books, but I suppose I would keep an eye out for them... without any sense of urgency, however.
It reminded me, somewhat, of Leif Enger's writing, but only in the careful construction of sentences.
About men and women and obdurate girls, cats and corn and lichen and dogs, death and miracles. A story of Mees and her friends, an the worldy and otherwordly forces taht come into play in their town over the course of a summer.
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