First published 2006
In a hidden garden, a lonely girl spins spellbinding stories to captivate a curious prince. Her tales of shape-shifting witches, wild horsewomen, and other fantastical beings grow ever more bizarre, each one a piece of her own mysterious past. As the stories loop and intertwine, the teller's own hidden history is gradually revealed in this lyrical, imaginative reinvention of myth and fairy tale.
Genres: literary-fiction, fantasy, magical-realism, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: atmospheric, lyrical, whimsical
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
483 pages · Paperback · Bantam Dell