Return to Gone-Away Book

Gosh, for a big fancy legal professional, I have sure read a lot of children's books lately, hmmm? Darn you Powells! I go out and buy these books to collect and then I end up putting all my serious grown-up reading aside until I am thoroughly soaked in nostalgia.

Anyway, this is by the same author as Spiderweb for Two, but seems to be set in the '50's rather than the '40's. It is a sequel to a book called Gone-Away Lake which tells the story of some children who come across a collection of abandoned summer homes in the woods (since the lake the houses used to be on had disappeared), and two lovely old people who make their homes there. Return To Gone-Away is about how the children's parents buy one of the old homes and fix it up. The books basically tells the tale of the children exploring their new-old home and learning its secrets. I loved these books growing up, since living in an old home filled with mysterious antiques and hidden treasures was just about my number-one dream. Of course, now that I actually live in an old home we have found more peeling plaster and drafty windows than attics full of antiques and safes full of jewels, but I keep the dream alive.