The Onion Girl
(Charles de Lint)
Jilly Coppercorn is the Onion Girl. On the outside, she is a smiling , optimistic success with a heart of gold. But the inside is a different matter. For Jilly?s layers hide a damaged heart and a dark past. A past that circumstance is about to force her to face.
Seriously injured after an accident, Jilly drifts between the everyday world of her hospital bed in Newford, De Lint?s imaginary city and the strange otherworld that lies beneath and beyond. In the land beyond, where she can walk and function as she cannot in her physical body, Jilly begins to find the strength to face up to the demons of her past. Which is just as well, because they are coming to get her.
Jilly?s story of abuse and survival is harrowing and effectively unfolded. The book dwells on the evils inherent in this world rather more than some of the others. De Lint?s otherworld is as compelling as ever. However, the story emphasises that it is not some sweet fairyland that mortal?s may retreat to, to hide from their world. Rather, it is a place of equal peril, where dangers can be mirrored and magnified.
The book has a nice darkness to it and a good plot which unwinds itself nicely. The only thing I found annoying is Jilly?s determination to blame herself for the fate of her fellow abuse victim. It did tend to make her into a martyr and this for me spoiled the character.
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