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Pub Date 3 May 2016 | Archive Date 23 Jun 2016

Sci Fi & Fantasy | Women's Fiction

Description

The villagers had never seen anything like it: dense white curtains of snow that instantly transformed the landscape. Not in autumn, not here in Burgundy. And on the same night a baby was discovered, dark-eyed little Maria, who would transform all their lives.Hundreds of miles away in the mountains of Abruzzo, another foundling, Clara, astonishes everyone with her extraordinary talent for piano-playing. But her gifts go far beyond simple musicianship.As a time of great danger looms, though the girls know nothing of each other, it is the bond that unites them and others like them, which will ultimately offer the only chance for good to prevail in the world.

The villagers had never seen anything like it: dense white curtains of snow that instantly transformed the landscape. Not in autumn, not here in Burgundy. And on the same night a baby was discovered...

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PLEASE NOTE ONLY UK BASED USERS WILL BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THIS EDITION

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Advance Praise

'Vivid imagery and a thread of mystery draw readers into the timeless and ethereal world of these young girls with a destiny to fulfill.' Booklist

'This novel glows with finely crafted prose.' Los Angeles Review of Books

'Fans of both Barbery and fantasy from writers like Alice Hoffman and Sarah Addison Allen will be enchanted.' Library Journal

'...this fervent, idiosyncratic fable is undeniable evidence of a richly lyrical imagination.' Kirkus Reviews

'Vivid imagery and a thread of mystery draw readers into the timeless and ethereal world of these young girls with a destiny to fulfill.' Booklist

'This novel glows with finely crafted prose.' Los...

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