A Wind Out of Canaan Away Yonder Book 1 eBook Sally Gwylan
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Half-frozen, Philippa stumbles on a derelict ice house, finding shelter with other road kids in a jungle bossed by an odd trio of foreigners. Beyond the walls an uncanny blizzard howls. Inside, however, is a greater mystery. Late in the night she sees it, a bright gateway to another world, one without night, with neither hunger nor cold—just before the gate collapses, sparking a deadly fire.
In the ashes Philippa swears to find another way to this paradise, this Canaan, for them all. Stretching a knack for sensing weather into something else entirely, she leads her companions on a dangerous journey toward hope.
A Wind Out of Canaan Away Yonder Book 1 eBook Sally Gwylan
A WIND OUT OF CANAANBOOK ONE Of AWAY YONDER
By
Sally Gwylan
The 1930s were a difficult time for Americans. The markets had crashed and great numbers were unemployed and homeless. As always with poverty, the children and young adults suffered disproportionately.
Gwylan's book captures the '30s hardships endured by a band of young adults trying to survive as 'hoboes'. Among their band is a group of strangers, perhaps aliens, searching for their way home, a home of plenty where no one is hungry or homeless or abused.
In beautiful prose, in contrast to the horror of the situation of her characters, Gwylan makes the reader present to the young adults' difficulties. Phillipa is escaping an abusive stepfather. She is searching for her own sexual identity as well as for a better, more human way of life. Mara, Phillipa's idol from the other land, has disappeared and Phillipa is determined to finder her.
Phillipa has the power to remove the magic healing bracelets worn by the aliens, but only at great cost to herself. She can foresee and perhaps control violent storms. She will try to use her gifts for the good of her band.
Gwylan's prose smoothly carries the story along. Her extensive knowledge of the period is evident.
All in all, a great first novel -- a very good read. I look forward to the next book in the series.
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A Wind Out of Canaan Away Yonder Book 1 eBook Sally Gwylan Reviews
Wind Out of Canaan has an innovative and carefully crafted original plot with characters I found myself becoming deeply involved with and caring about. As someone who loves history, Gwylan's attention to historical detail was a pleasure, especially since she uses those details as a spice and they never bog down the story. This is a book I can recommend to everyone!
When I saw Sally Gwylan's note that parts of the story had been published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, I decided that was a signal that this would be a good story. I was mostly right.
A Wind Out Of Canaan is set in the Great Depression, and starts by having Phillipa, a young girl who has become a hobo, struggling to get into a "jungle" or hobo camp. This particular jungle is in an abandoned icehouse in Minnesota, and Phillipa is being held up by a blizzard - an unusually early one at that. As the story progresses, Phillipa discovers that the foreigners - "Wobs" (short for "Wobblies" or members of the International Workers of the World, a radical trade union) running the camp aren't from Europe. Wherever they are from, they access home via a powerful energy portal.
This portal malfunctions, killing several hobos and burning down the icehouse. The story is then one of survival as the remaining hobos have to find a new home. Also, one of the surviving Wobs wants to go to Saint Paul, where he can link up with the rest of his group.
I really wanted to like the story, and it is written well enough. Sally Gwylan is a graduate of the Clarion Writers Workshop, so she has some professional cred. However, I'm not a fan of the story.
My first problem was that the "Wobs from space" (or wherever they are from - it's not explained in the book) felt unnecessary. The whole story felt to me as if Gwylan had taken a perfectly-good story about a girl in the Great Depression and bolted on some vague science fiction in order to make it fit a market. This bolt-on made the story feel padded, because I kept waiting to find out more about the science fiction.
My second problem was with the ending. I don't want to give away too much of the ending, but there was no real conclusion to the story. The book just ended, leaving pretty much everything unresolved. In short, I can't really recommend this story.
Hear that lonesome whistle blow.
The protagonist rides the rails.
The family and the secret if not the damage is left behind.
Phillipa alights from the Freight in the North Country as a storm looms.
There is an abandoned ice house.
She has sought it.
The ice house is occupied by 'Boes.
The Great Depression reigns.
Most just carry on.
Phillipa is invited inside to dry and eat.
She asks to be called, "Arlie".
Arlie makes friends, allies, and enemies.
There are benificent(perhaps) Aliens.
Sally Gwylan's prose is intelligent, well researched, and to the point.
It blooms as does the tale, which does not conclude with this volume.
I enjoyed the journey and aim to continue.
I was given this book by the author in exchange for an honest review. I was excited about this book because I grew up reading the SF Asimov magazine where the original novelette was published. I wonder if it should have stayed a novelette.
A Wind Out of Canaan by Sally Gwylan focuses on Philippa, an urchin who has stumbled on a shack with other orphans and teenagers. Something strange is going on in this house and seems to open a portal to another world, a better world. Three otherworlders have come to make this one a better place-- one which is Simon. I can't say much more than this, because this is as far as I got.
This book has some interesting ideas and Gwylan has definitely worked on the language for this other world as well as giving us a distinct feel for the present world that Philippa lives in. I can't say I would have known this was based during the Great Depression as another review mentions, but it does have an "old-timey" feel. That said, I got very distracted by the language used, and even half way in, I had a hard time following what the characters were saying. Everything drags and takes too long to figure out. About 75 pages in, Philippa finally realizes there is a doorway to another world, which we already knew from the synopsis on the back cover of the book. Everything seems stretched out unnecessarily, and I found my attention wandering.
I skimmed the end and realized that there is another book pending. Perhaps this is being stretched out into a trilogy? I fear for it even more then, since it might have been better to just stay compressed in its original form.
Overall, an interesting idea, but so dragged out that I couldn't keep interest.
A WIND OUT OF CANAAN
BOOK ONE Of AWAY YONDER
By
Sally Gwylan
The 1930s were a difficult time for Americans. The markets had crashed and great numbers were unemployed and homeless. As always with poverty, the children and young adults suffered disproportionately.
Gwylan's book captures the '30s hardships endured by a band of young adults trying to survive as 'hoboes'. Among their band is a group of strangers, perhaps aliens, searching for their way home, a home of plenty where no one is hungry or homeless or abused.
In beautiful prose, in contrast to the horror of the situation of her characters, Gwylan makes the reader present to the young adults' difficulties. Phillipa is escaping an abusive stepfather. She is searching for her own sexual identity as well as for a better, more human way of life. Mara, Phillipa's idol from the other land, has disappeared and Phillipa is determined to finder her.
Phillipa has the power to remove the magic healing bracelets worn by the aliens, but only at great cost to herself. She can foresee and perhaps control violent storms. She will try to use her gifts for the good of her band.
Gwylan's prose smoothly carries the story along. Her extensive knowledge of the period is evident.
All in all, a great first novel -- a very good read. I look forward to the next book in the series.
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