Narrelle's review of Wendy, Darling

5/5: In her acknowledgments, AC Wise thanks J M Barrie “for his enduring tale about a boy who refuses to grow up and all the threat and darkness that implies”. That final word is an excellent summary of the heart of this brilliantly rendered story, which is built on implications and secrets. When an un-aged Peter returns to a grown-up Wendy in London, he rejects her and steals away her daughter, Jane, to be the new Wendy: a mother to his lost boys. But Wendy isn’t a little girl any more - she is a wife and mother, and she’s been through hardships, notably her years in an asylum when she insi...