Long after the book has been reluctantly closed, the place and the people will be remembered. With rare skill, Miss Enright has created a world of fascination and adventure peopled by real and unforgettable characters with whom the reader happily goes exploring until the last page is reached. And at last, the vine-entangled Villa Caprice, forgotten for fifty years, revealed its remarkable secrets. The special world, now shared, proved even more joyous. By the time he had been rescued, Gone-Away Lake was no longer a secret. “Aunt Hilda was Portia’s third favorite woman in the world. I especially appreciate the way that family is portrayed. Then one momentous day, Foster, Portia's smaller brother, trailed them and floundered into the Gulper, the swamp's dangerous quicksand. The book won a 1958 Newbery Honor award for author Elizabeth Enright, who already had a Newbery Medal for her 1938 Thimble Summer. The third, and by far the best discovery, was that two fascinating people lived in these apparently deserted houses.įor a long while Portia and Julian kept their marvelous discoveries to themselves, spending wonderful days exploring the old houses and hearing glorious stories of bygone times. Listen & Live Audio, 25. The first discovery that Julian and his cousin Portia made in the woods around their new summer home was the great rock with the Latin inscription: 'Lapis Philosophorum, Tarquin et Pindar, 15 July 1891.' The second was the swampy expanse that had once been a lake and was bordered by old and formerly elegant summer houses. Gone-Away Lake 1 by Elizabeth Enright, Beth Krush, and Joe Krush 4. GONE-AWAY LAKE Elizabeth Enright,, read by Colleen Delany.

Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright