Willows Rewilded: The wry adult sequel to Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows'
- Title: Willows Rewilded: The wry adult sequel to Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’
- Author: Colin Childs
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Classic Literature, Dark Fantasy, Entertainment, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Humor, Humorous Fantasy, Humorous Fiction, Literature, Parodies, Political, Political Humor, Science Fiction
- Format: Kindle, Paperback
- Length: 297 pages
- Publisher: Crucian Books
- Publication Date: October 7, 2024
Willows Rewilded - Book Description
Toad Hall, derelict and empty for a century, sees the return of the impecunious Horatio Toad and his six wives to the ancestral home.
In need of cash, Horatio has leased out his estate and formed a partnership with oddball rewilder Georges Montgolfiere, who needs the land more than he needs Horatio. Tensions mount as Horatio’s vision of an animal-based theme park, replete with zipwires and gift shops, is diametrically opposed to Montgolfiere’s purist sensibilities.
Meanwhile, a bemused Mole surfaces not to a “silent spring”, as Montgolfiere contends, but to a fractious one. Badger is apoplectic; someone or something has pillaged his truffle beds. Ratty, now vegan and identifying as a vole, is suffering from alopecia while the translocated otter family copes with indigestion and sewage.
A “New Wild Order” will emerge, but the outcome will be beyond Montgolfiere’s wildest imaginings. The rewilder will discover the rewilded have their own plans.
‘Willows Rewilded’ is a humorous slant on rewilding and contemporary politics with some adult content.
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About the Author
Colin Childs has been writing for many years, with a computer full of incomplete novels. Like many others, the Covid years gave him the time and space to complete two of them.
Willows Rewilded is the first to be published. It offers a lighthearted, sometimes zany perspective on a rewilding project, told through the eyes of those upon whom it has been imposed.
Next year, Fugue: The Flight of Celia Fane is set for release.
This second novel took two years to complete, and the publisher estimates another year before it sees print. The story follows the life and love of Celia Fane and her maidservant as they flee from a murder they were involved in—but not responsible for.
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Willows Rewilded - WritersPayItForward
Willows Rewilded is the wry adult sequel to The Wind in the Willows by Colin Childs, blending humor, rewilding themes, and modern satire in a whimsical return to Toad Hall.
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