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ROBIN GREGORY is a wife, mother, bookworm, mystic, and lover of ladybugs. She studied Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California at Santa Cruz and Stanford Writer's Workshop. She lives in a musty old cottage on the California Coast with her husband and son, faeries, angels, and assorted wild creatures who make life interesting. Her début novel, "The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman," has won 21 awards, and is being adapted for the big screen.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman is a coming of age fantasy written by Robin Gregory. Moojie was a foundling discovered on the doorstep of the convent of San Miguel de las Gaviotas, following an earthquake. The sisters cared for him until finally a young couple adopted the strange little child, who Mother Teagardin was convinced was a Hostile. He quickly became the apple of his new mother's eye, even if he didn't learn things quite as easily as other children of his age did. Moojie didn't speak, and his left arm was withered, the hand being quite useless. His legs were bent and walking required crutches and braces. He couldn’t even tie his own shoe laces, which exposed him to ridicule and scorn in the village where they lived. Still, Moojie loved the adventures he shared with his mother and was devastated when she died in a freak accident. His father couldn't cope with his strange and difficult child and left him with his mother's father, Pappy, who lived at St. Isidore's Fainting Goat Dairy. Moojie soon learned that his staying there was dependent upon him becoming useful, an odd thing for someone with his handicaps and challenges. He also discovered that there were strange people living out in the woods and beyond; they were called Hostiles by the townsfolk and were feared and reviled.
Robin Gregory's coming of age fantasy, The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman, is a lyrically magical debut novel about a boy who just wants to belong to a family. Moojie's world at the Fainting Goat Dairy is marvelous, and the life he shares there with the cantankerous Pappy, his cat Phineas, and the retired circus horse, Hocus Pocus, highlights his growing ability to care about and love others, even if he's not quite able to openly display that affection towards his grandfather and his bossy and interfering Aunt Tilda, who is determined to have Moojie sent away to a home for boys. Gregory’s storytelling skills are inspired and make this mythologically based historical novel a delight to read. Some passages are so lovely that I found myself rereading them to more fully appreciate the masterful blending of sound, sense and meaning. I had a wonderful time reading this enchanting and enchanted book. It’s most highly recommended.
