Donohue, Keith. The Stolen Child. New York: Nan A. Talese. 2006.
This novel is filled with literary fantasy as well as realism. It is more than merely a story of a child who is a changeling; there are two intertwined stories--one adult trying to remember his "stolen" childhood and one child trapped in time at age seven. It features the story of a grown-up Henry Day and the child Aniday. Donohue writes in such a way that he makes both characters alive, have parallel and mirroring lives, joys and challenges, and allows them to confront one another. This novel was inspired by Yeats' poem. I can hear "come away with me, oh human child" being chanted in the background as the pages turn.
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