'This disquieting novel is surely one of the year's most bizarre
stories...' The New York Times A beguiling and disarming novel
about a mysterious group of children who appear to a disfigured
recluse and his country doctor. Morgan Fletcher, the disfigured
heir to a fortune of mysterious origins, lives on a sprawling
estate, cut off from a threatening world. One day, his housekeeper,
Engel, discovers a baby left on the doorstep. Soon more children
arrive, among them stern, watchful David. With the help of Engel
and town physician Doctor Crane, Morgan takes the children in,
allowing them to explore the mansion ... and to begin to uncover
the strange and disturbing secrets it holds. Cloaked in eerie
atmosphere, this distorted fairy tale and the unsettling questions
it raises will stay with the reader long after the final page.
Reviews 'The Children's Home is a not-nice sort of fairy tale,
where the magic doesn't sparkle prettily but boils and oozes, where
the Prince has a face of tatters, where the children take grown-up
revenge on their monsters. It is also, somehow, a searching,
empathetic narrative about forgiveness.' Owen King, author of
Double Feature: A Novel ' ...one book that I shall re-read and
re-read again.' Postcard Reviews 'Charles Lambert's novel is
entirely original ... highly compelling and invigorating writing.'
Lonesome Reader 'This disquieting novel is surely one of the year's
most bizarre stories... Mr. Lambert's subtle prose enhances the
novel's creepiness, as does his refusal to fully resolve or explain
its many mysteries.' The New York Times 'Charles Lambert has
crafted an exquisitely strange and deliciously dark offering ...
the narrative itself will haunt his readers well beyond the margins
of its pages.' High Voltage Magazine 'The Children's Home is a
haunting Gothic in the vein of Shirley Jackson, steeped with the
mystery and imagination of Neil Gaiman's fairy tales. Lambert's
prose is beautiful and his tale is mesmerizing.' Cementery Dance
Online 'A thoroughly original entry into the tradition of ghost
stories, eschewing convention. ... Compulsively readable, a
one-of-a-kind literary horror story.' Kirkus 'The Children's Home
is the best kind of ghost story - one that scares, one that
surprises ... and one that you simply can't stop reading.' The
Maine Edge '... definitely recommend this if you're in the mood for
something a little creepy.' Bored to Death Book Club 'The
Children's Home may well be the most surprising, thought provoking
and also baffling book I've ever read.' Bailieborough Library
Reading Group 'Lambert is a brilliant writer, and his absorbing new
novel, The Children's Home , is the best literary fiction I have
read in some time.' Seattle Book Mama 'The Children's Home is a
powerful construction of creeping dread which skilfully keeps the
reader off-balance at every turn.' The Star 'There is really
nothing at all in this story that isn't strange and that's what I
ended up loving about it.' In a Good Book Room 'A disturbing and
thought-provoking novel' Annethology 'Mysterious and weird and just
a great read!' Rebecca Book Review 'Charles Lambert could one day
attain classic status.' Maggie Gee 'Beautifully written and
crafted, and more compelling than many thrillers' Daily Mail 'A
beautiful and uncanny novel by a writer who never ceases to
surprise.' Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation 'This
genre-bending debut is by turns dread-inducing and heartwarming, a
masterful exploration of whether innocence can truly sprout from
ignorance....a magical, mesmerizing tale about the courage it takes
to confront the unknown.' Booklist, STARRED review 'Charles Lambert
is a seriously good writer' Beryl Bainbridge
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