Ash - Hardcover

Lo, Malinda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316040096 ISBN 13: 9780316040099

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009

Synopsis

The haunting, romantic lesbian retelling of Cinderella and modern queer classic by award-winning author Malinda Lo--now with an introduction by Holly Black, a letter from the author, a Q&A, and more!

In the wake of her father's death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted.

The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King's Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Their friendship, as delicate as a new bloom, reawakens Ash's capacity for love--and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love.

Entrancing and empowering, Ash beautifully unfolds the connections between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.

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Review:

Deeply atmospheric ... the ending is bittersweet and just perfectly fresh and different (My Favourite Books)

An egaging and absorbing reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale ... lush and sensuous ... a fascinating novel for mature teens (School Librarian)

An evocative retelling of the classic Cinderella story that will thrill the reader ... an original, atmospheric exploration of the angst that comes with teenagers establishing their identity and discovering sensuality (Books Quarterly (Waterstones))

This extremely good debut novel combines imaginative storytelling with skilled prose (Carousel)

Evocative.. original.. atmospheric. (Waterstones Books Quarterly)

This beautifully-written re-interpretation takes a different approach .... Full of magic and enchantment, this sensual and evocative novel is a sophisticated fairytale for older readers, in the tradition of Robin McKinley's Beauty (Booktrust)

A fascinating novel for mature teens. (School Librarian)

A book which will have teenagers entranced. (Carousel)

Beautifully written... this sensual and evocative novel is a sophisticated fairy-tale for older readers. (Booktrust)

With beautiful, lyrical writing and a main character whose strength and capacity for love fueled my hope, I look back on this book as the one that kept me going, kept me dedicated to imagining the love stories I wanted to tell. (Tess Sharpe, author of Far From You, via Guardian Online)

Book Description:

A sensual and evocative re-telling of Cinderella.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0316040096
• ISBN 13: 9780316040099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264