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Flight of the Heron read-along: Prologue
The news frae Moidart cam yestreen will soon gar mony ferlie...
Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.
Some notes:
A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.
My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.
We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.
Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...
Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.
Some notes:
A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.
My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.
We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.
Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...
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And Ewan's introduction is pretty awesome, not only because he is over six feet and splendidly made (haha, SERIOUSLY), but the way she describes him as embedded in nature/wilderness could mean either he's a fairy thing himself or (which gets confirmed in his talk with his foster-brother) that he's rather grounded in the literal soil of his home turf, exploring it, and not shying away from adventure (that dive from the cliff).
I also snorted out loud when I read the marrow of his heart exchange, wonderful!
Thank you for the water-horse fic link! I have saved it for a later read already. :3
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the way she describes him as embedded in nature/wilderness could mean either he's a fairy thing himself or (which gets confirmed in his talk with his foster-brother) that he's rather grounded in the literal soil of his home turf
I love this interpretation!
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