Status Updates From The Lantern Bearers

I am loving this book. Written for children? Wow I wonder how many children would read it now. The language, the descriptions are sophisticated and lyrical. I especially love how she inserts observations of nature into every scene. The description of the fighting scenes are the best I've ever read. This from a woman who spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Profound insights into human nature.

My heart is breaking...

"It may be that the night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Morning always grows again out of the darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the Lantern Bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind."