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Thursday, July 25, 2013 The Dublin Citizen Page 3
£ Reviews
_by Paul Gaudette_
Ocean at the End of
the Lane
Neil Gaiman, a long-time
favorite author of mine,
has always been a friend
to literacy. He’s even spear-
headed a movement called
All Hallow’s Read where
people are encouraged to
give kids an age-appropriate
scary book instead of
sweets during the week of
Halloween or to trick-or-
treat ers on Oct. 31. (For
more information, visit
www.allhallowsread.com.)
The author of books like
Cor aline, Neverwhere and
Stardust described his
childhood as having many
books and little-to-no
friends so when the main
character of his new book,
The Ocean at the End of
the Lane, describes himself
that way, the books almost
seems autobiographical.
This lends an air of truth
to the story, blurring the
line between reality and
fantasy as supernatural
elements join the plot.
The story begins with
the unnamed narrator
escaping from well-wishers
at a funeral by driving to
his childhood home and
then continuing to the
house at the end of the
dead-end lane where he
vaguely remembers a girl
named Lettie Hempstock
and the pond on the
property that she called an
ocean.
As he stares into the
“ocean,” memories start
flooding back of his time
on the Hempstock farm
which began when a lodger
steals his father’s car, drive
it to the end of the lane
and kills himself. Nearby
Lettie asks the narrator’s
father if they can go play
to get him away from the
scene.
Although she doesn’t
look at the body, she
already knew what
happened as they walked
away. Likewise, her mother
and grandmother seem to
mystically know about the
lodger’s life and what
motivated him to end it.
The Hempstock home is
one of compassion and, it
almost seems, of magic.
This comes in handy when
strange things start
happening related to an
inhuman presence in the
nearby woods and
eventually follows the boy
home.
Ocean at the End of Lane
reads like a fable for adults
as the content has a lot of
depth and maturity but it
is told through the eyes of
a child as he remembers it.
This means the audience
can understand the dark
and complex scenes like
the discovery of the
lodger’s body, but it is
described as if by a child
that is simply stating what
he sees and hears without
the deeper understanding
of an adult.
This keeps a feeling of
innocence for the book
and assures that it doesn’t
ever dip into vulgarity,
adding a wider appeal
although it is clearly still
written for an older
audience.
The story is filled with
surprises leading up to the
mystery of what happened
to the narrator many years
ago and the enchanting
girl that he forgot.
Ocean at the End of the
Lane is available for sale in
both print and e-book
format. It can also be
checked out for free at the
Dublin Public Library.
The library also has a
copy of Gaiman’s equally
bewitching Graveyard Book
which, although written
for a younger audience,
should appeal to kids and
adults alike even though it
is subject to some dark
subject matter. The story
begins with the murder of
an entire family except for
ababy which goes exploring
out of his crib and out the
open door. As he is pursued
by the killer, he crawls into
a nearby graveyard and
discovered by the ghosts
of a married couple who
couldn’t have children in
life. Realizing the situation,
they ask the other ghosts
in the cemetery if they can
keep him there who
eventually agree. The boy,
whom they name Nobody
Owens is raised by the
spirits and struggles to
find his place between two
worlds.
Both are highly
recommended for those
wanting other-worldly
escapes that only books
can provide.
Craddock family reunites
The descendants of the
late Thomas D. and Mabel
E. (Carr) Craddock met on
Sunday, July 21, 2013 at
the Oakdale Park in Glen
Rose for their annual
family reunion. Everyone
OBSERVE —
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involved in a theme. That
leads to various studies to
help kids understand the
Bible.
Thank goodness for all
those who work hard to
conduct these VBS sessions.
It’s not easy and of course,
there are always special
treats provided. That’s one
of my favorite memories of
VBS.
And it was a chance to
see friends from different
brought food, and they
shared a delicious lunch
together.
A day of visiting,
reminiscing, playing and
swimming in the huge
Oakdale swimming pool
towns that I only got to see
a few times each summer.
Many of us still keep in
touch.
I hope you and your
children and grandchildren
have a chance to get
involved in VBS. It’s
something that is important
and will create lasting
memories and hopefully a
lifelong habit.
Thanks for reading.
(McKinnon can be
contacted by e-mail,
publisher@dublincitizen.
com).
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made it fun for all. The
family also surprised Faye
Thompson with a
celebration of her
birthday.
Those attending the
reunion were: Dalton
Craddock; Randy & Lisa
Craddock; Terry Craddock
Sr.; Terry Craddock Jr.,
and Hunter Craddock;
Diana Craddock Black;
Anthony Boydston; Jaicee
Holcomb; Miranda
Craddock Poe, and Seth
Poe; Joyce Randolph;
Jennifer Craddock; Gaylon
Craddock; Bobby Trice; Bill
McCarty; Faye Moncrief
Thompson; Rick & Melanie
Moncrief; A1 & Paula
Moncrief; Thomas
Moncrief; Matt and
Meaghann Moncrief Jones,
Matthew Jones II & Jaide
Jones; Meribeth Rogan;
Steve Rogan; Paige Rogan;
Regina Acker; Mikayla
Acker; Chelsea Acker;
Cody Ake; Nathan Whalley,
Kloie & Kenzie Whalley;
Cesar & Kylee Castillo, and
Kayliana, Valor, Kamen &
Layla Castillo; Randy &
Aimee Smith Picklesimer;
Quincy & Dusty Hancock,
and Caylon, Grayer &
Lawton Hancock; Melinda
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A LITTLE MESS - After reading 17 Things I’m Not Allowed To Do Anymore, more than
thirty children went outside the Dublin Public Library and did just that, messy things they
aren’t normally allowed to do, digging up trouble and getting into big messes like painting
with shaving cream at Saturday’s Summer Readking program. Photo by Tesha Sojourner
The Library Log
As July winds down the
Dublin Public Library is a
revolving door of activities
for everyone in the
community. All of the
various forms of
entertainment are FREE.
COLOR WARS! For the
intermediate school and up
aged folks will be Friday, July
26 from 4-5:30 p.m. This is
a much safer version of paint
ball wars—it will really be a
huge colored-water fight.
With summer temps
returning what better to
spend a hot July afternoon,
stay cool and have fun???
Saturday, July 27 for our
elementary and younger
patrons will be an
extraordinary day! It is the
GRAND FINALE of the
summer reading program
from 10:30-11:30 a.m. More
water themed activities are
planned with a water slide
and snow cone machine
heading the list of fun things
to do.
Prizes will also be awarded
and hot dogs with all the
trimmings will be served.
July is National Hot Dog
Month, so as always the
Dublin Public Library is right
on target to usher out
another successful run of
summer reading.
The book club will also
meet on the 27th to discuss
The Persian Pickle Club by
CONJURING
R.I.P.D. 3D PG13
R 1135 220
235 745 (2D) 520
505 750 1035
1010
DESPICABLE
RED 2 PG13
ME 2 PG 1155
1120 205 450
GROWN UPS 2
735 1020
PG13 1145 220
WOLVERINE 3D
455 730 1005
PG13 1130 715
TURBO 3D PG
(2D) 235 1020
1150 450 950
(2D) 220 720
(Friday, 7/26)
Sandra Dallas. Gather in the
Clay Room at 1PM for this
discussion.
The book stirs many
memories. Set in a small
town during the Great
Depression the plot is moved
forward by a unique mix of
quilting ladies who reminded
me very much of the
wonderful women who used
to quilt at our church.
One of my friends told me
this was possibly the best
book she had every read—
again bringing up such good
memories of those strong,
valiant mothers,
grandmothers, aunts,
mentors who came before us
to guide the way!
That big 51” TV by the
circulation desk—the
drawing for it will be held on
Saturday the 27th as well.
There is still time to get in on
that with raffle tickets going
for $5@ or 5 for $20. This is
an incredible opportunity.
Wednesday, July 31 at 2
p.m. Escape From Planet
Earth will be shown in the
Clay Room. This is a family
film is animated with voices
provided by Sarah Jessica
Parker, George Lopez, Jessica
Alba, William Shatner, and
Jane Lynch just to name a
few. Again, FREE and open
to everyone in the
community—suitable for all
ages.
BOOK LOGS for patrons of
all ages are due at the library
by August 1 and that is just
one week away. GREAT
prizes will be awarded from
the drawings for full logs.
Some lucky reader will be
enjoying a Nook and there
are many other wonderful
prizes that will be in the
running.
.....and in addition to all
this, there are many, many
new books awaiting patrons
of the Dublin Public Library.
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