Darling Girl

A Novel of Peter Pan

De: Liz Michalski

Narrado por: Elizabeth Knowelden

A Book of The Month Club pick

In this beautiful dive into the world of J. M. Barrie’s classic, one woman must take on the infamous Peter Pan—who is not the innocent adventurer the fairy tales make him out to be—to save her daughter’s life. . . .

Life is looking up for Holly Darling, granddaughter of Wendy—yes, that Wendy. That is, until she gets a call that her daughter, Eden, who has been in a coma for nearly a decade, has gone missing from the estate where she’s been long tucked away. And, worst of all, Holly knows who must be responsible: Peter Pan, who is not only very real, but very dangerous.

Holly is desperate to find Eden and protect her son, Jack, from a terrible web of family secrets before she loses both her children. And yet she has no one to turn to—her mother, Jane, is the only other person in the world who knows that Peter is more than a story, but she refuses to accept that he is not the hero she’s always imagined.

Darling Girl brings all the magic of the classic Peter Pan story to the present, while also exploring the dark underpinnings of fairy tales, grief, aging, sacrifice, motherhood, and just how far we will go to protect those we love.

©2022 Liz Michalski (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A compelling and richly imagined twist on an old story, Liz Michalski’s Darling Girl captured me on page one and hasn’t released me yet. An emotionally gripping demonstration that a mother’s love, when tested, can become a force of nature. I will never look at Neverland and its inhabitants the same way again.” (Brunonia Barry, New York Times best-selling author of The Lace Reader)

"A dark and elegant look at a story we all know well. Liz Michalski takes Peter Pan where all the old stories go, where magic is never without a cost, and pixie dust might be more powerful than you imagine. Fantastic!" (Barbara O’Neal, When We Believed in Mermaids)

"A captivating question quivers at the center of the engrossing novel, Darling Girl: What if Peter Pan isn't just a story? While meeting the Peter Pan you never knew, reading Darling Girl is like falling under the enchanting spell of Liz Michalski prose. As with all true magic, there must be both the seductive darkness and the illuminating light: Michalski masterfully gives us both. Darling Girl introduces us to the Darling family decades away from Wendy and Peter, descendants who are grappling with secrets that protect a family mythology and a boy who will never grow up. With a young girl and her fiercely protective mother at the center of a spellbinding story, Darling Girl is powerful and captivating. Neverland and the reader will never be the same again." (Patti Callahan, New York Times best-selling author)

Gradebook

My first audiobook and I loved it! Such an interesting twist on a fairytale we are all so used together

Great Read for Fans of Fairy Tails and Disney

I really enjoyed this story. Just please be warned, Peter Pan is portrayed as a corrupt man-child, so if you are not interested in this angle of a retelling, it may not be a good book for you. Otherwise, I found the book very interesting and it was hard to put this one down.

Great Concept

loved the concept! but felt the character development was lacking. overall a good read.

amazing twist

I loved this so much. much different twist to the Peter pan stories we hear of. was not expecting it. the narrator really kept drawn in.

Very good

I really loved the story. I was a bit disappointed because I was expecting hook to ha e a larger part. I really enjoyed the first 40 chapters but the last few seemed a bit rushed.

Great story all around

It was a wonderful twist on the classic tale. Lots of twists that really caught me off guard

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

This was a great book!! A fantastic twist on the Perer Pan we all know and love.

Slow start but good finish

While it took me a very long time to get through the first chapters, the ending was exciting. Just takes a while for it to be interesting.

Excellent book!!!

Best book I’ve read or listened to in a long time!! The kind of book you wish you could forget so that you can go back and enjoy it new again! The story, dialogue, and characters are deep, engaging and authentic. The story draws you deep into its world and grabs you. I loved this book!

Anticlimactic end and unanswered questions

The story was building, and then all the sudden the major conflict of the story is handled by kind of a side character and explained after to the main character. There isn't a satisfying resolution or answer to some of the magic problems. Tons of red herrings throughout the story that are just kind of explained away as coincidences.

What a fun concept! There are just some execution issues. It's an interesting read but just don't get your hopes up.