Keturah And Lord Death

Keturah And Lord Death
by Martine Leavitt

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Author: Martine Leavitt
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11
ISBN: 1932425292
Number of pages: 216
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Front Street

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Book Review: Beautiful Love Story
Summary: 5 Stars

We have seen similar stories before: "Death Takes a Holiday", "Meet Joe Black" and the story of Persephone are several examples that come to mind. But Leavitt's version, "Keturah and Lord Death", is a gentle retelling, suitable for young adults (it was chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection). Set during Medieval times, with all of its squalor and disease, beautiful 16-year-old Keturah lives in a small village with her grandmother. After being lost in the forest for 3 days, she has resigned herself to death. When it comes, she is surprised to find that Death is a lordly and darkly handsome man. When he grudgingly agrees that she is too young to die, he offers to spare her life in exchange for the life of one of her fellow villagers. Not wishing to condemn another, she is able to forestall Death, much like Scheherazade, by telling him a love story. She refuses to end her story, promising that if he allows her one more day, she will come back the next evening to finish her tale, and remain with him. Lord Death grants her request, even going so far as to tell her that if she can find her one true love before day's end, a love that is greater than death, he will relinquish his claim on her. What follows details Keturah's ingenious methods to continue putting off Lord Death, as she comes to realize who her true love really is.

This fast-paced story can easily be read in an afternoon. Leavitt peoples her story with the literary archetypes found in classical fairy tales: the village "witch" with 7 sons, the Lord and Lady of the castle with a son of marriageable age, the beautiful commoner who must perform tasks to gain her freedom and the happiness of those she loves, a magic charm with the power to reveal the man who will make her happy, and the mysterious man desperate for her love. I would highly recommend this book for both young adults and adults; it is a mythological story appropriate for all ages.

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