![]() He hasn’t thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she’d claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse where she once lived, the unremembered past comes flooding back. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real…Ī middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. ![]() The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman This means that if you choose to purchase, I’ll make a small commission.) The Ocean at the End of the Lane Synopsis Then keep reading because we also have suggestions for three books like The Ocean at the End of the Lane. The discussion guide features a book synopsis, 10 starter questions and selected reviews (including one from author Patrick Rothfuss that is absolutely priceless.) The book’s themes include how adult power can be monstrous, how memory can be fickle, mythical imagination, childhood loneliness and so much more.īe prepared for a robust conversation using these The Ocean at the End of the Lane book club questions. The tone is dark, twisty and full of lightening. ![]() This fable by Gaiman features a kid, but it’s not for kids. ![]() Reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane for book club will give you so much to talk about. ![]()
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