The release date for the English version of 'Darling Girl' by
Liz Michalski is May 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Picked by the Book of the Month Club
In this exquisite exploration of J. M. Barrie's timeless masterpiece, a lady must confront the notorious Peter Pan—who is not the naive explorer the fairy tales portray him as—in order to save her daughter's life.
For Holly Darling, the granddaughter of Wendy—yes, that Wendy—things are looking up. That is, until she receives a phone reporting that Eden, her daughter, who has been hidden away on the estate for a long time, has vanished while she has been in a coma for over ten years. Worst of all, Holly is certain of who must be Peter Pan, who is not only very dangerous but also really genuine.
Before she loses both of her children, Holly is on a frantic search for Eden to shield her son Jack from a horrifying web of family secrets. She is alone in the world and cannot believe that Peter is not the hero she has always envisioned; her mother Jane is the only other person who is aware that Peter is more than just a fiction.
Darling Girl explores the dark underbelly of fairy tales, loss, aging, sacrifice, motherhood, and the lengths we will go to in order to protect the people we love. She also takes all the beauty of the beloved Peter Pan narrative into the modern day.