Review: A House Among the Trees

A House Among the Trees by Julia Glass
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I took this book from the Free Books in the faculty lounge where I used to teach. It is an uncorrected bound proof. I like to read books without knowing anything about them, and I picked this book up simply because of the word "Trees" in the title.

I read this book after my husband's father passed away, and he was (and still is) in the middle of handling all that happens after a death. That made this book poignantly relevant to me. I enjoyed the shifting perspectives, but probably mostly because I don't think I could have handled an entire novel written from Tomasina's point of view.

This is the first book by Julia Glass I have read, and while I have no plans to read others, I won't rule it out. I only found out after I read this that it was inspired by Maurice Sendak and Where the Wild Things Are. There is so much description of Ivo and Colorquake in this book; I would love to see a recreation of it.

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