Zoom book discussion of Pat Murphy's _Adventures of Mary Darling_

Please join our discussion of
The Adventures of Mary Darling,
by Pat Murphy
Ms. Murphy is expected to join us for a portion of the discussion.

Saturday, July 19, 2025
1:30 p.m. CDT Via ZOOM

The link will be posted on our webpage,www.rivendellergroup.com ,
& Facebook Group just before the meeting.

Who is Mary Darling? In this smartly subversive Victorian mash-up of the legendary literary novels Peter Pan and Sherlock Holmes, the intrepid mother of the Darling children is on the case―and always one step ahead of her inept husband and a very famous sleuth.
[STARRED REVIEW] “The wit, wisdom, and whimsy on offer here are sure to win fans.”―Publishers Weekly
[STARRED REVIEW] “Mary’s story is a dangerous and delightful adventure that turns the bigotry and misogyny of Victorian England on its head.”―Library Journal
Mary Darling is a pretty wife whose boring husband is befuddled by her independent ways. But one fateful night, Mary becomes the distraught mother whose three children have gone missing from their beds. After her well-meaning uncle John Watson contacts the greatest detective of his era (but not that great), Mary is Sherlock Holmes’s prime suspect in her children’s disappearance.
To save her family, Mary must escape an attempt to have her locked away as mad, and to travel halfway around the world. Along the way, her allies include a Solomon Islander whose village was destroyed by Western civilization; a Malagasy woman on an island that is run by women; Captain Hook and the crew of the Jolly Roger; and of course, Nana, the faithful dog and nursemaid.
This witty and adventurous new novel from Pat Murphy (The City Not Long After) will delight fans of classic Victorian tales, as well as those who are looking for a radical new take on the British Empire

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Upcoming monthly zoom discussions on Saturday afternoons, 1:30 PM

• August 23 topic: The Lost Girl & Not Quite a Ghost, with author Anne Ursu
• September 20: Our annual Frodo & Bilbo Baggins Birthday Party celebration

Also upcoming: August 2-3, 2025 • Via Zoom and Discord
The summer Online Mythopoeic Society Seminar:
More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy
**https://mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm**