![]() ![]() ![]() She also seems to have brought something else to the island. At the same time she is warm and friendly, putting everyone at ease (and under her spell). Lioness is mysterious, secretive of her past, unlike any other young woman they've ever known. When they learn she is living in the storeroom in back, Joanna offers her Abe's garage to live in, and he grudgingly agrees. Into their lives comes Lioness Lazos, a new waitress at their favorite restaurant. Their lives have been comfortable for many years, static and predictable. Joanna's adult daughter Lily is quite fond of "Uncle" Abe, whom she has known since she was six, but her relationship with her mother has always been strained. His lover of twenty-two years is Joanna Delvecchio, an airline hostess who has her own apartment in Seattle, but frequently spends time at Abe's house on an island in Puget Sound. In his spare time he listens to blues records and tries to perfect his technique on the harmonica. Abe Aronson is a retired history professor who has long been working on a book about an obscure 14th Century English priest. It's the type of fantasy I enjoy most, grounded in the real world, with realistic everyday characters, but ones open-minded enough to recognize and embrace magic when they encounter it. This review will be short and sweet, just like the book. ![]()
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