Thorn - by Anna Burke (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When a fatal mistake brings Rowan into the hands of the Huntress, she finds herself trapped in an enchantment that is every bit as alluring as it is cruel.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>On a cold day deep in the heart of winter, Rowan's father returns from an ill-fated hunting trip bearing a single, white rose. The rose is followed by the Huntress, a figure out of legend. Tall, cruel, and achingly beautiful, she brings Rowan back with her to a mountain fastness populated solely by the creatures of the hunt. Rowan, who once scorned the villagers for their superstitions, now finds herself at the heart of a curse with roots as deep as the mountains, ruled by an old magic that is as insidious as the touch of the winter rose. Torn between her family loyalties, her guilty relief at escaping her betrothal to the charming but arrogant Avery Lockland, and her complicated feelings for the Huntress, Rowan must find a way to break the curse before it destroys everything she loves. There is only one problem--if she can find a way to lift the curse, she will have to return to the life she left behind. And the only thing more unbearable than endless winter is facing a lifetime of springs without the Huntress.</p><p><i>Thorn</i> was named to the American Library Association's 2020 Over the Rainbow Fiction Longlist.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Burke is adept at imbuing a deep fairy tale with social relevance. <i>Thorn</i> gives young women all the leading roles: heroes, villains, and lovers. The story delves into clothing as self-presentation, the release from bearing children, the work of self-reliance, reckoning with a family or past that no longer fits, the give and take of true partnership, and the interlinked importance of self-knowledge and love. It does all of this within a framework of castles, rugged landscapes, and forbidding enchantments. Thoroughly gratifying, <i>Thorn</i> is a perennial escape fantasy tangled up with a call to adventure. Burke turns one young woman's release from drudgery into a beguiling disruption of conventional social roles, expected dichotomies, and personal power. --<i>Foreword Reviews</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Raised in Upstate New York, Anna Burke graduated from Smith College in 2012 with degrees in English Literature and Studio Art. She holds a certificate from the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa; and was the inaugural recipient of the Sandra Moran Scholarship for the Golden Crown Literary Society's Writing Academy. Anna's debut novel, <i>Compass Rose</i>, was written while living on a small island in the West Indies, but <i>Thorn</i> is a product of a long, cold New England winter.
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