The May 2007 Issue of Austin All Natural Magazine featured a back page review of Eileen "Ike" West's novel, Away From Hannah's Castle.
Castles in the Sky - The Earth Grows Up
Reviewed by Michael Abedin
for Austin All Natural Magazine-5/2007
The best way to teach people something is to entertain them, and…the best way to do that is with a good story…The best stories are the ones that start with the truth and stretch it, mold it, craft it, and otherwise make it into something even better than what it was when you started.
In Hannah’s Castle...the Earth [is an] adolescent, following her own mind, running away from home and generally doing the things that teen-agers do. (Sometimes worlds just wanna have fun.) She takes Hannah along for the ride…Hannah’s had a soul bond with the planet since she was a little girl and called it Earta. Earta and Hannah soar through time and space, darting in and out of the lives of other people - and other planets. “I’ve found that people who meditate or are creative artists have no problems flowing with the narrative adventure,” Ike points out, “but other people may discover parts of the book are rather challenging, because they must slow down a bit while their level of awareness changes.”
Awareness grows when you dive into the parts of your being that are ready to grow, however, even when they are challenging – and Hannah, Earta, and the other characters that make up the weave of the story do their share of both diving and growing. In the process, Ike gives you a glimpse of a way of looking at the world that has been civilized out of a lot of us…“Everything in nature, including the earth herself, has consciousness. That’s not to say the rocks, trees, or clouds perceive the same way humans do. But most definitely all around us are sensitive beings worthy of respect.”
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