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The Brides of Rollrock Island

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Rollrock is an isolated, windswept island; a wild and salty landscape where fishermen and their families must wring a living from the stormy seas. But Rollrock is also a place of eerie magic, and of powerful desire. Down on the beach, the outcast witch of Rollrock casts her spells, and draws mysterious girls from the sea. These are girls with long, pale limbs and faces of haunting innocence – the most enchantingly beautiful creatures the fishermen of Rollrock have ever seen. The island is envied, and many a man is lured to Rollrock with the promise of a sea wife. But the arrival of these women is the ruin of countless families – and to the despair of the men of Rollrock, magic always has its price. The brides do not belong on land. One day, the sea will claim them back.

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Weight 0.224 kg
Dimensions 2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

320
Publisher

Year Published

2013-4-4
Imprint
For Ages

12-17
Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1849921121
About The Author

Margo Lanagan's novels and short story collections have excited readers the world over, and won many prizes, including four World Fantasy Awards – for 'Singing My Sister Down' (Best Short Fiction, 2005), Black Juice (Best Collection, 2005), Tender Morsels (Best Novel, 2009), and Sea-Hearts (Best Novella, 2010). She lives in Sydney, Australia.
Review Quote

Outstanding . . . Margo Lanagan is a writer whose violently sexy reworkings of Grimm have previously been more for teenagers, but her new book stays within the allusive fairy tale tropes and will enthrall readers of 11+. Nothing is predictable in this astonishing novel, which expands on classic tales about selkie brides with unsettling imaginative thoroughness
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Lanagan's prose is always a joy . . . she shows writing of the highest order: subtle, powerful, poetic

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