Authors: Robin McKinley
ISBN-13: 9780441005833, ISBN-10: 0441005837
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: Reprint
Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.
The New York Times bestselling author of Sunshine presents a “beautiful retelling of Beauty and the Beast”
Once upon a time an enchanting young woman named Beauty nurtured a rose garden in barren soil. Her gift for cultivating such rare flowers was truly magical and her roses adorned homes throughout the village, bringing joy and love to all who chanced upon their exotic scent.
But one summer, Beauty's roses did not blossom. Without their presence her family and neighbors became ill-tempered and nature itself lost the light and warmth of the season. Even more heartbreaking, the roses no longer protect Beauty from her nightmares of a monstrous Beasta Beast it is her destiny to meet and whose heart and soul she must nurture with love…
Every sentence and every occurrence seems infused by magic.