I’ve written a review of the new Patrick Ness novel, The Crane Wife. The book is both beautiful and heart-rending. I hope that the review captures at least small fraction of that. You can read it here. There is stuff about art, and stories, and love. All the usual things. Sooner or later someone is going to say that it is “not fantasy” because it isn’t set in an alternate world and there are no wizards or dragons. A woman who might also be a crane goddess is totally realistic, right?