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The Changeling of Finnistuath

par Kate Horsley

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Here, the author of the acclaimed Confessions of a Pagan Nun takes us to fourteenth-century Ireland for a strange and luminous tale of the elusive nature of identity and of triumph in adversity. The Changeling is the story of Grey, a peasant girl who is raised as a boy, and who, until adolescence, never doubts herself to be male. The revelation of her womanhood marks the beginning of her journey through a succession of changing identities--including son, wife, warrior, and mother--each of which brings its own special wisdom, but none of which, she discovers, can ultimately define her. In the course of her adventurous life, Grey deals with all the challenges of her tumultuous age--from political oppression to corrupt Church hierarchy to the horrors of the Black Death--ultimately finding peace and a kind of redemption by embracing the beautifully impermanent quality of identity that her unusual life has enabled her to understand. (Previously published in hardcover as The Changeling of Finnistuath .)… (plus d'informations)
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Another accidental find, this time in my local library. This is a very sad book. Just as I thought Grey's life had change for the better, disaster strikes. Still, it's written very well, almost poetic.
Gregory, who becomes known as Grey, is raised as a boy. Despite the onset of puberty she never realizes she is female, until one particular incident in her young life. This leads her on quite a journey, of which I will divulge nothing. No spoilers here!
The main characters all seem to be dealing with a crisis of faith, whether it be in their religion, the Pope, the fairies, or themselves. Despite her bizarre life, Grey seems to be the only one who has a grip on herself. Until the end, when her life once again changes. ( )
  a1stitcher | Jun 22, 2019 |
I wanted to like this book after enjoying "Confessions of a Pagan Nun." However, I found that the heroine, rather than being the independent free-thinker the cover blurb thought she was, simply spent her life being whatever her parents or her employers or her lovers told her to be. So she wenty from being a boy, to an acolyte, then a whore, then a mother, then a lover. Then a broken-hearted mother. SIGH. It was all so boring and disappointing. I kept hoping she'd run away and be free, but nooooo. Apparently, she was just too dumb to think of it. Not surprising, considering her father, Gregory the Goatherd, was far from the sharpest tack in town.
  KaterinaBead | Jul 15, 2008 |
I would've liked this better if I didn't read so much gender theory and have so many gender issues. She's raised as a boy, is found out after puberty, apparently there are more advantages in 14th Century Ireland when you're male (who would've thought?!) but in the end embraces her womanhood blah blah blah. ( )
  doloreshaze55 | May 6, 2008 |
This book was billed as a 'Medieval Middlesex,' which created too much anticipation on my part, methinks. Not horrible, but I never really bonded with any of the characters. ( )
  bollix | Dec 16, 2007 |
A beautifully written book that revolves around the idea of identity, and how our identites are shaped by the cirucmstances of our lives, both the ones that affect us in small ways in our lives and those of the world at large. In fourteenth-century Ireland, Grey is born a female, but due to her father's wanting a boy and threatning to kill a seventh girl, her mother (in collusion with the Midwife) raises her as a boy. Nobody, even Grey, knows the truth except the mother and the Midwife. Obviously Grey's identity as the goatherd's son changes, and how Grey adapts to the different selves she becomes is a fascinating tale. (Plus I love the cover illustration.) ( )
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Here, the author of the acclaimed Confessions of a Pagan Nun takes us to fourteenth-century Ireland for a strange and luminous tale of the elusive nature of identity and of triumph in adversity. The Changeling is the story of Grey, a peasant girl who is raised as a boy, and who, until adolescence, never doubts herself to be male. The revelation of her womanhood marks the beginning of her journey through a succession of changing identities--including son, wife, warrior, and mother--each of which brings its own special wisdom, but none of which, she discovers, can ultimately define her. In the course of her adventurous life, Grey deals with all the challenges of her tumultuous age--from political oppression to corrupt Church hierarchy to the horrors of the Black Death--ultimately finding peace and a kind of redemption by embracing the beautifully impermanent quality of identity that her unusual life has enabled her to understand. (Previously published in hardcover as The Changeling of Finnistuath .)

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