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Tangleweed and Brine (PBK edition)

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Description for Tangleweed and Brine (PBK edition) Paperback.

Bewitched retellings of classic fairy-tales with brave and resilient heroines.

WINNER: Book of the Year 2018 (CBI Awards)
WINNER: YA Book of the Year 2017 (Irish Book Awards)
WINNER: Reader's Choice Award for YA Fiction 2017
(Irish Times Ticket Awards)

A multi-award winning collection of twelve dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales from one of Ireland’s leading writers for young people. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover. Intricately illustrated with black and white line drawings.

Exquisitely written and powerful – I’m enchanted by it.’ — Marian ... Read more

‘Deirdre Sullivan’s writing is beguiling, bewitching and poetic. Her prose is almost dreamlike, reminiscent of Angela Carter.’ – Juno Dawson, author of The Gender Games

‘Sullivan’s prose is delicate and masterful.’ – Dave Rudden, author of Knights of the Borrowed Dark

‘Witchy, eerie and beautiful. These thirteen fairytale retellings already feel like feminist classics.’ – Claire Hennessy, author of Like Other Girls

Dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales for a teen audience – not for the faint-hearted

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Product Details

Publisher
Little Island
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781912417117
SKU
9781912417117
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Deirdre Sullivan
Deirdre Sullivan is from Galway and is now living in Dublin, where she works as a teacher. Her hugely acclaimed Tangleweed and Brine, a collection of feminist retellings of classic fairytales, won the Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Award in 2018, Young Adult Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2017, and the ... Read more

Reviews for Tangleweed and Brine (PBK edition)
'An absolute stunner of a book.'
Claire Hennessey
The Irish Times
A tapestry of retellings and reimaginings, some told in beguiling second person, that foreground women – their desires, powers, fearsomeness and vulnerability … enriched by Vaughan’s sharp, intricate, Beardsleyesque illustrations.
Imogen Russell Williams
The Guardian
This absolutely beautifully collection of retold fairy tales ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Tangleweed and Brine (PBK edition)


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