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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman

A man returns home and remembers the impossible childhood magic he was never meant to survive.

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About The Ocean at the End of the Lane

After a funeral, a man revisits his childhood home and recalls a strange, frightening encounter from forty years earlier. A family of mysterious women at the end of the lane helped him face forces of memory, magic and survival.

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  • parental abuse
  • cheating
  • suicide
  • attempted murder
  • animal death

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