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“This book hooked me immediately with Wendy’s voice and rage and longing… what Wise does with the Peter Pan mythos here is nothing short of astonishing”

Sam J. Miller, Nebula Award-winning author of Blackfish City

“A dark and delightful retelling of Peter Pan. Wendy, Darling is a gorgeous achievement, and one you don’t want to miss”

Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens

“Wendy, Darling is a daring, gothic re-envisioning of everything we think we know – and an important, vivid adventure”

Fran Wilde, two-time Nebula award-winning, World Fantasy finalist author of Updraft

“Richly imagined, surprisingly dark, and heartbreakingly beautiful, this daring reimagining doesn’t only revisit the myth, it brings it up to date”

Marian Womack, author of The Swimmers

“The horror-tinged feminist Peter Pan retelling I never knew I needed… a brilliant re-imagining of a classic boy’s club story”

Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, author of ‘Mantles’

“A gorgeously imagined journey into the unfathomable depths of childhood myth”

Kelly Robson, author of Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach

“Neverland is more nightmare than dream… This rich tale of memory and magic is sure to resonate with fans of reimagined children’s stories”

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Copyright

Wendy, Darling

Print edition ISBN: 9781789096811

E-book edition ISBN: 9781789096828

Published by Titan Books

A division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd.

144 Southwark Street, London SE1 0UP

First edition June 2021

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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Dedication

For everyone who has ever dreamed of flying

1: Darling

DARLING

LONDON 1931

There is a boy outside her daughter’s window.

Wendy feels it, like a trickle of starlight whispering in through a gap, a change in the very pressure and composition of the air. She knows, as sure as her own blood and bones, and the knowledge sends her running. Her hairbrush clatters to the floor in her wake; her bare feet fly over carpeted runners and slap wooden floorboards, past her husband’s room and to her daughter’s door.