Review of Amy Power Jansen, “Dasies for Going Out, Pansies to Return Home,” Luna Station Quarterly 63 (September 2025): 15-34 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
There was a lot of anger and unhappiness in this story. There was childhood bullying and abuse. There was a forest full of hatred — that hates the little girl and the witch who wasn’t her grandmother only a little less than it hates others. There was prejudice, hanging the “witch” without any evidence.
There was only a little hint of light at the end, when the little girl finds a tower in a gap in the forest, and within the tower her grandmother’s last gift. It ended on a hopeful note, but it was quite a down…
Review of Amy Power Jansen, “Dasies for Going Out, Pansies to Return Home,” Luna Station Quarterly 63 (September 2025): 15-34 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
There was a lot of anger and unhappiness in this story. There was childhood bullying and abuse. There was a forest full of hatred — that hates the little girl and the witch who wasn’t her grandmother only a little less than it hates others. There was prejudice, hanging the “witch” without any evidence.
There was only a little hint of light at the end, when the little girl finds a tower in a gap in the forest, and within the tower her grandmother’s last gift. It ended on a hopeful note, but it was quite a downer otherwise.
