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The Season of Lost Children

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This is the second book in a planned trilogy. Both this and the first (A Trick of Light) take the very "tricky" topic of bigamy and weave it into a story of great insight and character development as they delve into very real portrayals of human nature.

The interaction of the characters over a period of time allows the reader to become acquainted as if friends. The connection is strong and I eagerly await the third book to see how the tension and story resolve.

The book has humor, pathos, love, hate, connection, friendship and family - all the components of a really good story.

I love Karen Blomain's sense of character and place! She knows how to weave a good story, too. Things "happen" in this book, but it is the people who experience them that carried me along. They are very human! Her description of an elderly nun being bathed by a young novice, a scene that opens the book, is real and palpable. This book is the second in a trilogy about three women from a small pastoral town in Pennsylvania called Fenston. I can't wait for the third installment to see how these special women (and friends and lovers and children) evolve. Blomain is amazing at revealing a path to redemption when the heart is true and good.

I finally found a book I couldn't wait to turn the pages! (And I had a hard copy in my hands!) Karen Blomain's "The Season of Lost Children" features engaging, thought provoking and sometimes quirky characters who reveal their sensitive stories with more twists and turns than many popular mysteries. Blomain's fertile imagination had me wondering who would show up next, where, with whom and why in a fast moving plot that never slowed. Her poetic and highly visual descriptions painted detailed word pictures. If I had highlighted all the phrases and metaphors I wanted to read again, I would have underlined half the book. I started with this second book in her Fenston Trilogy and it was no problem. I've downloaded the first, "Trick of Light", and can't wait to begin. Lucky for us Blomain groupies, we've got a third book coming out in the future. "Season of Lost Childlren" is a GREAT read! Virginia F

Karen Blomain's "The Season of Lost Children" is a worthy followup to her earlier book in the trilogy "A Trick of Light." Ms. Blomain has a knack for creating full, rich characters that you care about deeply. Then, she puts them into an everyday scene filled with ethical and personal dilemmas that keep you turning the page, trying to figure out how things will turn out. Beautifully crafted. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the trilogy when it is published.

Loved it. Can't wait for the next book. Anticipating how the story evolves. I've shared it with friends. They also could not get enough. The story makes you involved. Hope the third book is done soon.

The Season of Lost Children by Karen Blomain. Everybody in Fenston has a story, often more than one. In the capable hands of Karen Blomain's poetic writing, each story stands out on its own, yet they are inextricably intertwined like vines in a wreath. Ms Blomain has great compassion for her characters and makes them all familiar to the reader, mostly by her mastery of detailed description.

Strong, vibrant characters and a complex overlay of plot that moves one to keep turning pages...not just to see what happens, but to know them even better.

I was drawn into this story immediately. The opening scene is really quite a brilliant way to introduce so many themes in such a concrete, sensual way -- past and present, attitudes toward body, guilt and cleansing, faith and doubt. Quite a lovely jumping off place for the story. The characters are real, their struggles are our struggles. Blomain has the ability to bring scenes alive with textured sights, sounds, smells, and she has an ear for dialogue and interior thoughts that rings through in every scene. A real page-turner (or page-clicker as the case may be with Kindle!) You won't regret your journey to Fenston, PA to get to know these engaging people and their intriguing lives--I certainly didn't

When we meet Eleanor and Eddie, a former nun and priest in a quirky marriage, they are deliberating taking into their warm homes a lost boy looking for his teenaged sister. Immediately we're thrust into Fenston, Pennsylvania and the lives of a handful of international students attending nearby Chapman College who yearn to be a part of America. These, and other, myriad threads of story are expertly managed by author Karen Blomain.
The complex characters in a Season of Lost Children ring true with their foibles, longings, and friendships and a vivid sense of place anchors the story. The writing is very good -- sometimes lyrical, always easy. The scope of the book is ambitious and in Blomain's hands works out to a fulfilling story.
I did not read Trick of Light, her first book in this planned trilogy, but I want to now.

She did it again! The Season of Lost Children once again demonstrates Blomain's ability to turn human idiosyncrasies into character strengths. Her writing brings me right into the action; wondering if I were Eleanor or Kasia what would I do? I enjoyed the excitement of the suspense that was woven into the book. I thought I knew how it might turn out and was not always sure of what I wanted to have happen. This book is an exciting, quick read which leaves me wanting for more of the people of Fenstin. I will look forward to the third of the trilogy!