An Excerpt from The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Chapters 1 - 3

Neil Gaiman

May 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

"A novel about the truths—some wonderful, some terrible—that children know and adults do not.” —Time Magazine

“They say you cannot go home again, and that is as true as a knife . . .”

A man returns to the site of his childhood home where, years before, he knew a girl named Lettie Hempstock who showed him the most marvelous, dangerous, and outrageous things, but when he gets there he learns that nothing is as he remembered.

Wondrous, imaginative, impossible, and at times deeply scary, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is classic Neil Gaiman and has captured the hearts of readers everywhere.

Ratings and reviews

I absolutely love the way the words twist and tangle you into this story. I'm a fan and a follower of this author for 20+ years now! He never fails me!

Read the first three chapters and now am going to buy the book. Looking forward to finding out what is going to happen.

Interesting story. Definitely creative, but not my usual reading style, and geared toward a younger crowd. But a quick read.

About the author

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/