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THE ROAD THROUGH THE WOODS Kindle Edition

by Janet Doolaege (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Open the gates and walk into the ancient wood. In the middle of the wood is an old house, and in that house lives a shy, gifted woman who can communicate with trees and birds. Be careful. She may change your life.

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    May 9, 2019
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07RQ9QG9R
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 9, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3554 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 241 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 15

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Janet Doolaege

Janet Doolaege

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I live in France, but I still feel a strong link with England, where I grew up and where I first began to love birds and animals.

In "Ebony and Spica" I describe how I rescued two fledglings, first a blackbird and then a starling, and how both of them lived with me for many years. They were unique characters.

Children's literature in English is a treasure house, and I hope I'm making a small contribution to it with my books. "The Story of an Ordinary Lion" and "Tobias and the Demon" are both told from an animal's point of view and are intended for the 8-12 age group. "Flora and the Wolf", for the same age group, tells of a friendship between a girl and a wolf and is also a reworking of an old legend - with probably some basis in truth. "The Christmas Dolls' House" is a cosy story about two girls, a dolls' house and a magic ring, and is set in present-day England.

I'm interested in the unexplained - strange phenomena that are a challenge to any kind of dogma - as will be apparent from both "A Paris Haunting" and "Candlepower". Psychometry plays a role in "Woman in Blue and White". This novel, set partly in Greece, describes coercive control and an escape to a better life, and is also available as an audiobook, professionally narrated by Lesley Dessalles. "The Road through the Woods" is a sequel to "Candlepower", catching up with certain characters some twenty years later, and exploring the importance of trees and forests and the need to stop their destruction as a sacrifice to road traffic.

"Strange Days" is a novella set in Paris during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Pensioners Chantal and Philippe find themselves cut off from their familiar lives, while Chantal is haunted by her memory of someone she met in Italy before the pandemic.

Please take a look at the videos on this page if you would like a foretaste of my books. You'll hear me reading aloud.

Any feedback will be welcome, especially reviews! Thank you.

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Tara Fox Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars Charming and captivating!
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2019
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I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but can sum it up as captivating (as in I sat here finishing it instead of going out to garden where I should have been close to two hours ago) and utterly charming. The Road through the Woods is hard to categorize: part sweet romance, part mystery, part paranormal spirit, and part pro-environmentalism. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, and would love to have a house like OldGarden inhabited by an entity like Lily in my neighborhood. The strong central message of taking a stand to protect whats important in life resonates strongly with me. If I had a young adult child in high school or college, I would give them a copy of this book. Half of the risks of life is taking chances; the other half is that what you're risking weighed against what you're got to lose or gain makes the risk worthwhile. How you decide depends entirely on your character, the strength of your beliefs, and your courage. The central protagonist Jaki (oddest spelling of Jackie I have seen, lol) truly comes of age in the pages of this novel in the kind of awakening everyone should have, no matter their age. Strongly recommended! 4.5 stars
(-.5 stars for a large caliber yet ultra-simple misunderstanding which drags out a big long as part of the sweet romance theme).
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Jenny Twist
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Read
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2019
Jaki is at a turning point. Recently graduated, she is still looking for a proper career job, and engaged to a handsome, wealthy young man. It all sounds idyllic, but there’s something wrong.
She is not properly aware of it herself, but her relationship appears to be stifling her.

And it is at this point that she meets the strange woman who lives in the woods – a woman who makes beautiful dresses and who communicates with the birds and the trees. And that is when everything changes.

This is an utterly charming story written with Janet Doolaege’s usual skill. An intriguing plot with characters that walk off the page. I loved every minute of it and I’m sure you will too.
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Paul Dunbar
5.0 out of 5 stars Hope it becomes a trilogy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2023
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Having read 'Candlepower' I just had to read 'The Road Through the Woods' - I wanted to know what had happened to Rose, who disappeared in circumstances which were both highly dramatic and mysterious.

But Rose disappeared in Paris, and I found that 'The Road' is set in the South of England...

Jaki, a young graduate in a temporary job, caught a fleeting glimpse of something strange while cycling home in the gloom of a January evening. Later, hints start to appear linking her family - and, now, herself - to the earlier Parisian mystery.

Halfway through the tale, a flickering lamp (weirdly, considering what I was reading...) drew my attention to the clock, the midnight oil - well, electricity - and, reluctantly, I put off reading the rest until the next day.

It is a very pleasurable read indeed, a fine example of Ms Doolaege's style and the art of storytelling. If you haven't read 'Candlepower', do so first and double the enjoyment!

Will there be another volume, to make this a trilogy? I hope so.
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Barry J
5.0 out of 5 stars Janet Doolaege's Best Yet!
Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2019
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REVIEW: The Road Through the Woods

Just when one assumed that Janet Doolaege’s last work, Woman in Blue and White represented the zenith of this author’s creative output, out comes her newest novel, The Road Through the Woods and it is her best yet. It stands, of course, entirely on its own merit as an enchanting, enchanted novel. If you are just discovering Janet Doolaege in this new novel, you will not be disappointed, for the character development is rich, the narrative arc is compelling, and the phrasing and language of the author draw the reader in hypnotically.

However, The Road Through the Woods also stands in narrative apposition to Mme Doolaege’s earlier novel Candlepower, and therefore for those readers who know Candlepower, there is an added intimate complicity as one begins to make the connections between the characters and the narrative threads of both novels. The author teases us, dropping a veiled hint here and there as the expository framework is laid. A few more clues, and suddenly, there is that unexpected thrill of sudden recognition when Jaki remembers her aunt in France who used to sing professionally (no details in this review to spoil the plot!). For most readers, to be sure, that will be their Aha! moment when, as if a focal lens had been adjusted, everything snaps into high definition focus and the memories of Candlepower come flooding back. The earlier slight twinge of familiarity at the sound of the father's name, Pascal without real recognition, the uneasy sense of Lily and her surroundings, the birds and their attraction to Lily all collide in a brilliant narrative/meta-narrative moment. It is a stroke of narrative brilliance! For some reason, a single word that Lily used leaped out from the page at this reviewer. When she describes her relationship with the house and woods, she says: "Intertwined." That encapsulates the spirit of this novel completely, drawing Candlepower into The Road Through the Woods as an overlay as it were, for those of us who know the earlier work. And the allusions to the trees and their communication are surely a nod to Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of Trees. I found myself wishing that there had been more of the inter-arboreal communication and support.

Mme Doolaege’s signature play with dualities is not absent in The Road Through the Woods. She weaves familiar themes of England/France, Apollonian logic/Dionysian sensitivity and intuition, and brings strength and compelling persuasion to the dualism of an industrial, technological world vs a conscious, interconnected world of Nature. But this novel does not merely present the dualities are separate thematic threads; they are intertwined, like the branches of ancient trees. It is a fitting treatment for this remarkable novel.

One does not have to have read earlier work by Janet Doolaege to enjoy and appreciate The Road Through the Woods. It is an entrancing summer read all by itself. But if you are a fan and have read Candlepower, be prepared for an invitation into a sublime realm of recognition and clever connections. Janet Doolaege’s The Road Through the Woods is a must read!
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Caros2875
5.0 out of 5 stars A song to nature
Reviewed in France on July 17, 2019
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Interesting plot, developed in an atmosphere of suspense and mystery.
Well written, with real love for nature , environmentally aware.
Makes for charming reading, you won't like to put it down before the end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The embroidery of English life at the beginning of the 21st century...
Reviewed in Canada on August 23, 2019
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The Road through the Woods: The embroidery of English life at the beginning of the 21st century: the green thread of England's beautiful countryside and the golden thread of its best traditions and learning. Living in a globalized world of contrasting realities with all its well-known problems. Jaki's love story, and Roselily, the owner of a big and beautiful house and those mysterious woods. What is the connection with Candlepower?

Mirjana Došen
Aug 11, 2019
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rbg
4.0 out of 5 stars Romance with a difference
Reviewed in France on June 18, 2019
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A good read, as always. Romance, yes, but not only. Strange spooky atmosphere with many current issues deftly woven into the story.
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