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The Tangled Forest
The trees whisper stories in the deep, dark woods.
This is the retelling of three ancient fairy tales by the women who lived them. Stories that at first seem unrelated become twisted together like the branches above.
One night, a little boy appears at the window of a girl’s cottage. Birthed by rain and thunder, he is motherless and hungry. Their friendship will lead them deep into the woods, where years later a girl draped in donkey skin will beg for their protection. Two sisters, a bear, and a man of undetermined height form the link in this chain, as they journey between the mountain’s legs to a castle far, far away.
From the witch and the wolf to the king and all his courtiers, no one leaves the tangled forest unchanged.
This is the retelling of three ancient fairy tales by the women who lived them. Stories that at first seem unrelated become twisted together like the branches above.
One night, a little boy appears at the window of a girl’s cottage. Birthed by rain and thunder, he is motherless and hungry. Their friendship will lead them deep into the woods, where years later a girl draped in donkey skin will beg for their protection. Two sisters, a bear, and a man of undetermined height form the link in this chain, as they journey between the mountain’s legs to a castle far, far away.
From the witch and the wolf to the king and all his courtiers, no one leaves the tangled forest unchanged.
341 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2018
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About the author
Marion Grace Woolley
16 books23 followersMarion works as an international development consultant and builds pianos in her spare time. She is currently trying to build the first ever piano in Rwanda through the Kigali Keys project.
She writes across different genres, but usually dark fiction. She is best known for Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran, and her debut novel, Lucid, was shortlisted for the Luke Bitmead Bursary for New Writers in 2009.
She writes across different genres, but usually dark fiction. She is best known for Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran, and her debut novel, Lucid, was shortlisted for the Luke Bitmead Bursary for New Writers in 2009.
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June 12, 2020
A lovely and twisty collection of stories that retell three Grimm fairy tales: Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Rose Red, and Donkeyskin; all sharing the same setting, a dark and haunted wood, and the same witch that affects the characters' lives one way or another. The first and the last retellings are darker in tone, but the one in the middle ("Red & White") is funny and my favourite of them all.
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