![]() ![]() One by one, and with the same breathlessness as the first time, I read all the ones that had meant so much to me as an adolescent. Duncan wrote two non-fiction books, Who Killed My Daughter? and One to the Wolves, both wrenching recountings of her efforts to uncover her daughter’s murderer through traditional investigative means as well as journeys into the world of psychics and channeling.Īlthough I had kept track with Duncan’s tireless efforts on her daughter’s behalf, it was not until 2010, coming upon a copy of Daughters of Eve at a library book drive, that I returned to Duncan’s novels. She respected her readers, knew we were tough enough to accept the consequences.”Īlthough it was years after she began writing her darkest “teen thrillers”, Duncan’s life was in fact touched by deep tragedy: the unsolved murder of her daughter Kait in 1989. ![]() “She didn’t pretend that things could be made right. ![]() “She didn’t shy away from tragedy,” Lippman says. Bad things happen in these novels – unwanted pregnancies, abusive fathers, emotionally troubled teens, the deaths of parents and children. ![]() The cover of Lois Duncan’s Down A Dark Hall.ĭuncan’s books reflect a dual awareness that young readers both wish to find characters like themselves but also to venture into dark places, the unknown. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |