by dalitopia | Oct 22, 2024
“Reading The Penniman Menagerie, I could well imagine myself reading with my book club as well as aloud to an enraptured audience of children. This engaging story has something for all ages. It’s Downton Abbey meets The Swiss Family Robinson (complete with...
by dalitopia | Oct 22, 2024
“In The Penniman Menagerie, Winona Howe has conjured a Dickensian world softened by a Beatrix Potter sensibility and brightened by a sprinkle of fabulism. This is a charming tale where the number of characters and animals continue to grow and deepen almost chapter by...
by dalitopia | Oct 22, 2024
“The story of the Penniman Menagerie—a defunct zoo on the outskirts of London soon to reopen—is carried out by way of a diverse group of characters who, through circumstance and adventure, ultimately become like family, one that cares deeply about the animals they...
by dalitopia | Oct 22, 2024
“Winona Howe’s The Penniman Menagerie takes place in a Dickensian world, and Charles Dickens would have enjoyed the characters, the lively dialogue, and the combination of heart and intellect that runs through Howe’s writing. Her style is so limpid and the plotting so...
