Reading: The Stone Book Quartet

Although I have loved Garner's children's fantasy novels since I was a child, I have been slow to read his adult novels. This one is really four linked short stories, focusing on four generations of children from the same family in Garner's familiar territory of Alderley Edge, learning how they fit into the world and the community of artisans and labourers they live in. It's a short book, but beautifully written, vividly evoking the place and the life of the community.