It's time for some free fiction, and for the first story of the Alice and Thomas era. The year is 1954. Frances Healy has been gone for almost a decade. Things have changed in Buckley Township, Michigan. But a remarkable number of things have managed to stay the same.
With "The Way Home," we welcome Thomas Price, Covenant researcher, to Buckley, and we see what the future is going to hold. There's no question that it's going to be a party. It always is, when there are this many knives involved.
I like how within five minutes of Thomas showing up in town, the town already assumes 'young man with British accent' = 'oh, he must be someone here visiting the Healys', because the thought that someone from a foreign country would come to Buckley for reasons other than family is unthinkable.
And Thomas pretty quickly figures out that there's no way in Hell he can spy on the Healys in a tiny town where everyone is in everyone else's business, so he might as well just be upfront about his arrival, lest he be shot in the woods or something.
Hmmmm, I knew there'd be an age difference, but for Thomas to be mistaken as Jonathan's older brother.... interesting. I wonder how much older than Alice he really is.
One of my favorite things with these early stories is Buckley. Because I grew up on a farm about an hour away and so much of it rings true. I end up sort of nostalgic for the years on the farm where stuff rustled through the woods and freaked me out regularly.
She is so much like her parents (T.T) The story made read the previous ones and then i cried again. How old is Thomas? He sounds older, but i can tell how much, as there was not a lot of physical description of him.
While I loved meeting Alice and her Thomas (and angler tortoises, and swamp bromeliads), the constant undercurrent for me is how profoundly broken Jonathan still is without Fran. So much turned inward and wanting Alice to be "normal". So sad.
Wonderful story. How did Alice survive this long running from acid spitting reptiles into omnivorous flowers? With that sort of track record it is no wonder she falls asleep in front of the first Covenant member she runs into. :) Fran would have been very proud of her. Wonder if Jonathan will ever be able to realise no daughter of Fran's would sit still for being protected. Thomas Price is shaping up into someone I'll miss when he get sucked into some gateway. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I just read "The Way Home" after having seen "Crimson Peak" last night. So Thomas Price is now firmly wearing the face of Tom Hiddleston. For some reason he's also insisting on wearing Victorian era clothes in 1954... Also, I really have to wonder how all those cryptids manage to stay hidden from mainstream science while no Healy or Price seems to be able to walk this earth for more than half an hour without bumping into them.
Thanks a lot for yet another good read. Hooray for Alice and Thomas, feline as well as fictional.
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And Thomas pretty quickly figures out that there's no way in Hell he can spy on the Healys in a tiny town where everyone is in everyone else's business, so he might as well just be upfront about his arrival, lest he be shot in the woods or something.
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Also, it cracks me up that the Covenant in all their wisdom sent a rebel guy to uh, look for other rebels. Smooth move there, guys.
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Thank you!
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I already love her.
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How old is Thomas? He sounds older, but i can tell how much, as there was not a lot of physical description of him.
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Fran would have been very proud of her. Wonder if Jonathan will ever be able to realise no daughter of Fran's would sit still for being protected.
Thomas Price is shaping up into someone I'll miss when he get sucked into some gateway.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Thanks a lot for yet another good read. Hooray for Alice and Thomas, feline as well as fictional.
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