Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire
Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire
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Every Heart a Doorway

Author: Seanan McGuire

Narrator: Cynthia Hopkins

Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2016


Synopsis

Winner of the Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Series, Alex Award, Locus Award, and Nebula Award
Nominated for the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and Tiptree Honor List

"A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics" —NPR

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire presents a fresh take on the portal fantasy genre that blends Alice in Wonderland, The Magicians, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.

But Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of things.

No matter the cost.

The Wayward Children Series
Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway
Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky
Book 4: In an Absent Dream

About Seanan McGuire

SEANAN McGUIRE is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award–winning Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. Seanan lives in Seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls, horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot. In 2022 she managed the same feat, again!


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on January 06, 2024

THIS BOOK CHECKS ALL OF MY BOXES. Seanan McGuire may be...inside my very mind as we speak. (No but actually I kind of wish???) [URL not allowed] First off, this book is teeny as all get out and oh MAN I love a short book!!! Come to think of it...I really love a short book. Three......more

Goodreads review by Rick on January 20, 2020

I bought this book as soon as I read the premise, and the novel exceeded my high expectations. What happens to all those children in fantasy novels who come back from fantastic worlds — when Lucy emerged from the wardrobe, or Alice from the looking glass, or Max from the Land of the Wild Things? Sur......more

Goodreads review by Lala on January 18, 2023

Perfection......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on January 12, 2021

Re-read 1/3/20: Finished my annual re-read and I still love this series and these characters with every fiber of my soul!!! I got approved for an ARC of Come Tumbling Down and I am SO READY to re-read this entire series and cry alongside my bbs Re-read 2/6/19: Every time I read this I am genuinely su......more

Goodreads review by karen on June 21, 2018

congratulations! semifinalist in goodreads' best fantasy category 2016! "Before I went through that doorway, I knew there was no such thing as a portal to another world. Now I know that if you open the right door at the right time, you might finally find a place where you belong. Why does that me......more


Quotes

"[Cynthia] Hopkins has a calm gravitas that gives the story the feel of a classic children’s story, a grand tale you should already know but for some reason you haven’t encountered yet. This short work is lovely and mournful, perfect for anyone who just can’t stop thinking about what happens after the soi-disant ‘'happy ending.’’'" -Locus


Awards

  • Library Journal Best Books of the Year
  • Goodreads Choice Awards
  • ALA Alex Awards Winner (Adult for Young Adults)
  • Hugo Award - Nominee
  • Locus Awards - Winner
  • Locus Awards - Nominee
  • Nebula Awards - Nominee
  • Boing Boing Gift Guide
  • James Tiptree, Jr. Award Honor List
  • World Fantasy Award - Finalist
  • Nebula Awards - Winner
  • Hugo Award - Winner