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Maiden, Mother, Crone

A Collection
By Joanne Harris
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Turn the page, and step into a stunning, evocative world where nature, magic, and fate are inextricably linked, and one wrong—or right—step can take you from the modern world into one filled with both danger and wonder. This beautiful volume contains the award-winning novellas A Pocketful... Read More
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Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in this stunning updated collection of vivid and evocative tales from Number 1 bestselling author Joanne Harris.

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Turn the page, and step into a stunning, evocative world where nature, magic, and fate are inextricably linked, and one wrong—or right—step can take you from the modern world into one filled with both danger and wonder.

This beautiful volume contains the award-winning novellas A Pocketful of Crows, The Blue Salt Road, and Orfeia. Fully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, with a brand new introduction by the author and three original short stories, this is a landmark collection which gloriously reimagines traditional British folktales into timely, relevant, and powerful new stories.

'Perfect reading for a chilly autumn evening' – thesenovelthoughts

'Stunning and original modern fairytales' – calturnerreviews

'Thought-provoking and evocative' – Tor.com

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399614016

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 411g

Pages: 592

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Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Joanne Harris Literary Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy

About the Author

JOANNE HARRIS is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.

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