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The Hollow Land
By Jane Gardam
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The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at every turn, as they explore THE HOLLOW LAND. Everyday challenges give a daring edge to this rural work and play. There are ancient mysteries to explore and uncover, like the case of the Egg Witch, and everyone is curious about the Household Name, a wildly famous Londoner moving in to the jewel of the territory, Light Trees Farm. With painterly ease, Jane Gardam’s stories fly with a marvelous spirit that will delight readers of all ages!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I thought re-reading this would be a good follow-up to Robert McFarlane's Underland. And indeed the naming of places and things and actions with local words brings the first story leaping into life. That first story is a hard act to follow but the author took me with her. I'm reading this near the start of the coronavirus lockdown in the Peak District which is also a hollow land with limestone caverns and and mining from Roman times but also active in the present and stripping out whole hillsides, even whole hills. I had forgotten the 'crisis' that towards the end returns the world to horse and cart and steam trains. In this uncertain time it was a comforting book to read. In some ways a very adult book but has the sense of completeness and fairness that escapes us in the adult world but feels very fitting here.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Allegedly YA, this book from my favorite author would not be of interest to an average 14 or 15 year old, so if you see a teen reading "The Hollow Land", you can assume they are exceptional.Jane Gardam's 1981 set of linked stories, rereleased in a new edition in 2015, is a brief, lovely burst of superb humor and pathos. Beginning when the Bateman family from London leases Light Trees, a farm in Cumbria, England, from the owners, the Teesdales, the stories feature the adventures of Harry Bateman and Bell Teesdale, city boy and country mouse. They meet up with gypsies, fields of icicles, and are almost lost forever in an old mine, which gives name to The Hollow Land.Neighbors and friends, haying and sheep, grannies and haints, all are grist for Gardam's flowing and gently humorous observations. The final story starts with a disaster but ends heroically, leaving the reader with a sigh of vast contentment at having more Gardam yet to go. She is 86 and the author of 25 books.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This can be enjoyed equally by older children and adults. There's a real sense of place. The opening chapter has an outstanding description of natural beauty. There's gentle humour throughout that makes you smile rather than laugh. It was a little rose-tinted and sentimental for my taste and lacked bite.