The Tree Hugger

Once Upon a Time Today #3

by Heidi Garrett

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Born and raised in the Free Territories, Magnolia Lee Winthrop prefers the company of trees and nature to spending time with most people. Although she’s not much of a talker, she’s got plenty of strong opinions about life and how it should be lived, just like her grandmother. But it's her best friend, Graham, who understands their deep connection to the earth.

The novella is a dystopian retelling of Han’s Christian Andersen’s “The Dryad.”

Once Upon a Time Today is a collection of contemporary fairy tale retellings for those who have already left home. The Girl Who Believed in Fairy Tales is a prelude to the collection and includes the three short stories:

The Girl Who Watched for Elves
The Girl Who Dreamed of Red Shoes
The Girl Who Couldn't Sing

The novellas:

Beautiful Beautiful
Dreaming of the Sea
The Tree Hugger
I Am Lily Dane

90 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

www.heidigarrett.com

Reviews

[Nay Denise · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange of an honest review.

Gave this a 2.5 star rating.

This was a very interesting read. I never read the original story by Hans and I doubt I will. This was a bit of a drag for me. The writing style was unique and different and it totally confused the mess out of me. It's written in an old, southern kind of style that threw me off completely.

Magnolia was a very enjoyable character and all that she went through losing her mom, grandma and great grandma was crazy.

Overall, this was an okay reaf for me