The Turning
Written by Francine Prose
Narrated by Kirby Heyborne, Grover Gardner and Amy Rubinate
2.5/5
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A dark house.
An isolated island.
Strange dreams
and even stranger
visions . . .
Jack is spending the summer on a private island far from modern conveniences. No Wi-Fi, no cell service, no one else on the island but a housekeeper and the two very peculiar children in his care. The first time Jack sees the huge black mansion atop a windswept hill, he senses something cold, something more sinister than even the dark house itself.
Soon, he feels terribly isolated and alone. Yet he is not alone. The house has visitors—peering in the windows, staring from across the shore. But why doesn't anyone else see them . . . and what do they want? As secrets are revealed and darker truths surface, Jack desperately struggles to maintain a grip on reality. He knows what he sees, and he isn't crazy. . . . Or is he?
From nationally acclaimed author Francine Prose comes a mind-bending story that will leave you realizing how subtle the lines that separate reality, imagination, and insanity really are.
Francine Prose
Francine Prose is the author of twenty-two works of fiction including the highly acclaimed The Vixen; Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director’s Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Whelan, Gloria. The Turning. 224p. HarperCollins, 2006. Tr. $15.99. LC 0060755938Author Gloria Whelan, of the National Book Award Winning Homeless Bird, delivers a fourth book to her strong historical fiction series. The Turning is set in the Spring of 1991 in Leningrad, Russia. The book follows Tatiana, a dancer in the Kirov Ballet Company, who dreams about pursing her career by defecting to Paris. She constantly struggles with leaving her family and risking being caught by the ever-watchful KGB and actually becomes entangled in her country’s complicated politics. Tanya’s accidental involvement in the Moscow Parliament is sadly the weakest part of the book, as it is a major event of the time period and also marks what was supposed to be the major shift in the Tanya’s development. The back matter is also severely lacking, containing only a small glossary of Russian words and French Ballet terms, and a half-page author’s note. Despite these shortcomings, the graceful dance scenes and striking descriptions of 20th century Russia will have readers entranced and emotionally invested in the events of the time period. (Grades 5-8)