Orfeia
Joanne M Harris
Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in this stunning new novella from #1 Bestselling author Joanne Harris.
When you can find me an acre of land
Every sage grows merry in time
Between the ocean and the sand
Then will you be united again.
(Inspired by The Child Ballads 2 & 19)
So begins a beautiful and tragic quest as a heartbroken mother sets out to save her lost daughter through the realms of the real of dream and even into the underworld itself.
But determination alone is not enough. For to save something precious she must give up something precious be it a song a memory or her freedom itself . . .
Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.
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