Return to Wonderland: Lia Fail

Remembering a creative community that truly was magical

Author’s childhood home. Image by author.

One of my favorite childhood books was the Elizabeth Enright classic, Gone-Away Lake. The novel centers on an old resort hidden deep in the woods that once had been a grand colony of elegant houses and extraordinary residents of a bygone era. I was enthralled by the story for reasons I can only now — 60 years later —…