Lemony Snicket reviews The Willoughbys

Lois Lowry, who casts her noble and enviable shadow wide across the landscape of children’s literature, from fantasy to realism, here turns her quick, sly gaze to parody, a word which in this case means “a short novel mocking the conventions of old-fashioned children’s books stuffed with orphans, nannies and long-lost heirs.”

Read the rest of this PW review here.