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Article: Fondness for `Peter Pan,' curiosity about fine line between fantasy and reality sets stage for whimsical `Lost Girls'.
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- Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
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- February 18, 2004
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Byline: Cassandra Braun
``The Lost Girls'' by Laurie Fox; Simon & Schuster ($23)
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Our fascination with eternal youth dies hard. Take, for instance, that most famous champion of it, J.M. Barrie's fabled Peter Pan. The charming flyboy has been popping up everywhere these days, no doubt due to the fact that this year marks the children's story's 100th anniversary. In December, Universal released the feature film "Peter Pan"; coming in October, Johnny Depp will be starring as the Scottish writer Barrie, with Kate Winslet as Wendy, in the biographical film "Neverland."
And then there's Laurie Fox's new novel, "The Lost Girls," released ...