6/4/2023 0 Comments Everfair by Nisi Shawl![]() ![]() The glasses contribute a rainbow shimmer to her view of the everyday-and, combined with a speculative phrase and a bit of mist, allow Winna to communicate with Estelle’s ghost. After Tupelo inadvertently breaks Winna’s glasses, Grampa Carl gives her a pair of silver-framed spectacles that once belonged to her great-aunt Estelle. When their mother is hospitalized with a respiratory malady, 10-year-old Winna Cole and little sister Tupelo stay with their grandparents in Vandalia, a town that once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. With an affectionate nod to the works of Edward Eager, Shawl ( Everfair, for adults) writes about “magic happening to regular, ordinary kids” in this immersive 1962-set novel that combines the historical and the magical. ![]()
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