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Original Title:	The Bell at Sealey Head
ISBN:	0441016308 (ISBN13: 9780441016303)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2009), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2009)

The Bell at Sealey Head

Patricia A. McKillip

Hardcover | Pages: 277 pages

Rating: 3.99 | 2413 Users | 252 Reviews

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Title	:	The Bell at Sealey Head
Author	:	Patricia A. McKillip
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 277 pages
Published	:	September 2nd 2008 by Ace Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Magic. Romance

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Dream a little dream of a little book, perfect in every way; a story about a little village on the seacoast, less than perfect but full of charm, a lived-in village with charming, lived-in characters; a village with a mysterious crumbling manor with many doors to another world: a world of rituals and ravenous crows and glassy-eyed knights and a trapped princess and an uncertain doom; the world of a castle, a castle in a book.

Dream a dream of spells, two wizards and a wood witch and her daughter, and a strange bell that tolls from nowhere each night; dream a dream of a little romance, sweet and pure.

A book about books, about the wonder of reading, about readers and their voyages and writers and their trials and victories. A book that loves books. The theme: the power of stories. A motif: what are the eyes saying, what sort of house exists behind those windows, look to the eyes. The prose: refined, delicate and lovely. The feel: wispy and evanescent. The result: it was like a nap in the park on a sunny, breezy day, a nap full of little dreams, all these little connected dreams within one enchanting dream. I imagine I was smiling throughout this happy dream; I woke from it still smiling.

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Ordinary and wealthy families mingle and earn a living in a small lovely village overlooking the ocean. Life moves slowly and smoothly in predictable rhythms - at least, it does for most of the people living there. A few of the inhabitants are aware that something is off in the small community. A few have seen things which they cannot talk about. Every night at sunset the sound of a mournful bell rings out - no one knows why or where it comes from, but it has rung through generations of births

At heart this is a fairy tale about stories. Like Robin McKinley's work, this book is fantasy on the small and private level. McKillip tells the story of a group of people (think Cranford) and the magic that is part of their lives. All the characters are well drawn and none of the characters is a cliche. In addition to the actual novel, one of the characters tells a story to her younger siblings. In fact, when this is first down, the reader feels the disappointment of that story breaking off.

This is one of my favorite McKillip novels, second only to Tower at Stony Brook.Imagine a small coastal town where inhabitants have always heard a bell toll the end of the day--a bell no one has seen. Although many have stopped noticing it and there are as many stories as to where the sound originates, there are a few who are determined to get to the bottom of this mystery: a stranger, new to town; a wood witch; and the merchant's daughter, who's imagination and stories keep returning to the



A pleasant exploration of magic in a small coastal town. Each day a bell is heard at sunset, although no one knows where the bell is. At the same time, a maid in Aislinn House sometimes opens doors and sees another young girl in the world across the threshold. When a magician arrives in Sealey Head, events are set in motion to solve both mysteries.This is a light tale, but enjoyable. I chose it because the picture from the cover is featured in my calendar this year of paintings by K.Y. Craft.

I started this book like ten years ago and didn't finish it then. Patricia McKillip is one of my favorite fantasy authors - she has lovely poetic writing - but she can be a little hit-and-miss for me, and I thought this was one of the misses. But Mark Monday convinced me to give this one another shot, and I'm glad I did!The Bell at Sealey Head is the tale of a seaside fishing village (it seems to be set in the 1800s in England, but it never says) and the people who live there, including the aged

"I felt such terrible sorrow, such loss, such fury, at that moment at the end of every day when the last light faded in the world. The bell was the sound of my heart, crying out to the world."Well, this was lovely. There is something almost indescribably comforting about McKillip's books to me. Reading them is like falling into the best sleep you've ever had and dreaming a strange, sweet dream that is at once airy and rich, otherworldly and comfortingly human. They are, essentially, perfect