JMB and the Lost Boys

[Lesley]

Hi everybody! I just finished JMB and the LB and I thought it is fantastic! Thank you Mr. Birkin! I'm writing a final paper about Peter Pan and JMB and your biography is certainly the most helpful and the most enjoyable to read.  I'm now reading Hide and Seek with Angels by Lisa Chaney and I must say I'm struggling... though one learns maybe a bit more backround information, which I find a little unnecessary, I still think yours is one of the best biographies I ever read!! I will use it as much as I can. And maybe this is weird just posting it in a forum but I just wanted to let you know how I think of your book.

Lesley

PS: pardon my english...   

[tcarroll]

Hi everyone.  Just wanted to say I have recently watched  Andrew's mini series  for the second time, and it was as wonderful the second time as the first.  If anyone hasn't seen it, it is still available on Amazon.com, (that's where I purchased it), and it is well worth the price.  The scenes where George and Michael pass away always bring tears to my eyes.  I know it seems silly, but I feel like I know this family!  I have read the book also, and loved it. 
                                           tcarroll

[jodegal]

I haven't read the book or watched the mini series but after seeing the play of Peter Pan and reading the book I have become more interested in J M Barrie. I have ordered the mini series from my online dvd rental service and should recieve it tomorrow, I am very much looking forward to watching it.

[mikewill]

I just finished watching the miniseries and thought it far outshined Finding Neverland. Depp was miscast as he was in the remake of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. However, his co-actor in both films, Freddie Highmore, was the salvation of both films. Freddie was also wonderful in August Rush. iIf you haven't seen it, do.

The boy that played young George in the miniseries was wonderfully cast.
I only wish there would have been more on Michael from his appearance at age 4 at the premier of Peter Pan and years later at 13 or 14. Filling that gap would have shed more light, I believe, on the developing relationship between Barrie and the boy.

One very poignant moment stands out (although, of course, there were many)was during a conversation between George and Barrie about he (Barrie) writing Michael every day at Eton and that it may be "unhealthy" and Barrie's reply that Michael writes to him every day, too. hmmm?