Wise Child by Monica Furlong Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Wise Child
Book Review: This book is an absolute Gem!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was well written and vetry hard to put down once I began reading. A friend loaned my daughter this book, and I too read it... it has now been added to our wish list!Although there is a hint of Paganism to this book, it is by no means full of anything evil or termed "witchy. Juniper is simply a wonderful lady who offers her knowledge & lore of healing and teaches all this to Wise Child. This is no different than the doctors now-a-days working in the free clinics and helping those who need it.
I often found myself wishing I was Wise Child and had a teacher like Juniper.
Book Review: The Most Amazing Book I Have Ever Read
Summary: 5 Stars
Wise Child is the most amazing and detailed book I have ever read its my favorite book. Ever [since] I first read it in middle school 3 years ago. When I read this book its like I am really there like I was wise child. I have only read two of Monica Furlongs books and she's already my favorite author. I have read this book many times (...) How ever is thinking about geting this book I would get it its worth a million times over the value that it costs.Book Review: The path to wisdom comes at a price
Summary: 5 Stars
To begin, I direct you to the original cover. Let's take a gander at the beauty of this cover, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, it's beyond beautiful. It's stunning. Two women, one grown and one small, gaze coolly at the viewer. They are surrounded by the elements of their trade, namely herbs with a pistle & morter. I salute the cover artist in this case. Both characters are unaccountably and undeniably right.
Wise Child lives in an early Scottish community. Her mother left her long ago and her father is a shipman, ever away at sea. When her grandmother dies of old age, Wise Child is nine years old and utterly alone in the world. Taken in by the local witch, Wise Child is initially reluctant to live with someone potentially evil. In time, however, she comes to love her guardian, Juniper, and the two become close. Even as Wise Child's mother, an evil sorceress, lays claim on her child and the villagers grow restless at having a witch in such close proximity the two stick together. This is a story about finding the person who loves you and bearing with them through thick and thin. It's about love.
Furlong's an elegant writer, and this was an amazingly well wrought tale. Juniper is almost without fault, though she is by no means unlikable because of her perfection. Certainly I felt the woman's hands off approach towards raising a willful child was a little bizarre. Juniper is almost never angry with the initially spoiled Wise Child, and one has to wonder what a less well-behaved tyke would have done in her place. Wise Child herself is entirely human and full of the kind of flaws that make her real and interesting. She's rarely in complete control of any situation, but she knows her own mind. The book itself is very appropriate for younger viewers. There's relatively little violence and zippo inappropriate language. Even Wise Child's flighty parents were married when she was born. You probably would have a hard time finding a book more appropriate for those kids that want a fantasy but are also attached to stories with a good solid grasp on reality. I myself was drawn to the idea of the strong wise woman raising a girl child on her own. The book works best when it recognizes different points of view and calmly points them out without screaming or battering you over the head with the moral. In fact, even as I write this, I realize that this is a story about morality in the finest sense. It's about accepting others and being true to what is good and pure in human beings, regardless of religion or beliefs. And in today's madcap world, that's exactly the kind of message we should be striving to get out there more and more. A gem.
Book Review: wicked good!!!! The best!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite books that i have read. as soon as i started it , i couldn't put it down. This book makes you feel very peaceful.You can almost taste the magic in it.it really tells a good story and how when one person has one idea, others can follow it and become "like a pack of dogs" if i am quoting colman (one of the characters) correctly.
i would reccomend this book to kids or adults.
whoever reads it , i think they will think as highly of it as i do!!!
Book Review: An old favorite
Summary: 5 Stars
Honest to whatever God you believe in, this book changed my life. Reading it in 6th grade put things in perspective, and helped me to grow, just as does the main character.About a girl growing up under the tutalage of the mysterious herbalist\witch, Juniper, Wise Child is a spellbinding, lucidly written, and relatable novel. Some elements are quite fantastical, others disturbing, but most are painfully realistic, particuarly the trial.
I should mention that those who are offended by paganism and witchcraft ought not to read this book, for it deals with such. It also might help, especially in the end, to know a bit of Celtic mythology.