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When you find a dragon in your house, do you kill it or set it free? That’s the question John Moody is faced with in Skylight Confessions: A Novel by Alice Hoffman. The story is about a family that’s trapped in their feelings and their surroundings. Hoffman tells the story using fantasy, allegory, and stark realism.

The book is an enjoyable to read, Hoffman’s style and prose is engaging and moves with  rhythm that keeps the story going.  Touching on what we all have experienced, but likely to a lesser extent, Hoffman involves the reader through that identification.

Here’s a quote that reflects the style and substance of the novel:

” A red map isn’t easy to follow. Any document made of blood and bones is tricky. Wrong turns are easily made, and there are often piles of stones in the road. A person has to disregard time and sorrow and all the damage done. If you follow, if you dare, the thread always leads to whomever or whatever you’ve forgotten: the little girl lost in the woods, the hedgehog, the strand of pearls, the ferryboat, your own father.”

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