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"On Prospect Hill, you can get nearly anything you want from the Fae--if you know how to ask and if you can pay the price. There is no magic on Prospect Hill--or anywhere else, for that matter. But just on the other side of the veil is the world of the Fae, and all their magic. Generations ago, the first farmers on Prospect Hill learned to bargain small trades to make their lives a little easier--a bit of glass to find something lost, a cup of milk for better layers in the chicken coop. Much of that old wisdom has been lost as the riverboats gave way to the rail lines and the farmers took work at the copper works and the cotton mill. Alaine Fairborn's family, however, was always superstitious, and she still hums the rhymes to find her lost shoe and ensure dry weather on her sister Delphine's wedding day. But when Delphine confides her new husband is not the man she thought he was, Alaine will stop at nothing to help her sister escape his abuse. Small bargains buy them time, but the progress of locomotives and factories hasn't given way to equitable laws for women. A major bargain is needed, but the price for sweeping change may be more than they're willing to pay"--… (lisätietoja)
A charming, cozy fantasy about two women who get more than they bargain for when they use fairies to change their lives.
The veil between fairyland and our world is thinner on Prospect Hill, and Alaine's family has always bargained with the Fae: silk and silver to reverse luck or a coin and a sheath to keep the rain away. Her grandmother warned them to never wander from the approved bargains. But when Alaine's problems grow, no longer content to summon rain for the harvest or a good crop, she creates a fairy ring to summon the Fae to her, face to face. As her courage grows, she stretches the bounds of what she thought possible, until the day her sister steps into the fairy ring to rid herself of her abusive husband. The consequences threaten to destroy them all.
Alaine's fierce, willing to do whatever it takes to save her struggling orchard and protect her family. Delphine's sympathetic, as the new society wife struggling to find a place in a society that shuts its doors on her. The fairies add a level of intrigue that keeps the reader guessing.
This delightful fantasy brings the fantastic and the scary right to the doorstep of a homey rural community. It also makes me wish I could bargain with fairies! ( )
This was delightful! I found it reminiscent of the works of Elizabeth Gaskell in tone. I enjoyed spending time with the characters and experiencing their growth. There is a lot packed into this novel and it is paced well. I was never bored, and the story was never rushed. Overall, I would recommend this to people looking for a charming, modern take on Victorian literature. ( )
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
For Heidi,
who went on ahead,
and for Jenna and Erica,
who stayed behind for now.
Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
WHEN THE MADISON Railroad laid the tracks at the base of Prospect Hill, there were no roads cleaving the thickly forested slopes and no houses overlooking the distant river.
Sitaatit
Viimeiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Violet smiled softly, pride in the girl she'd sent from Fae into her earthbound fate swelling like the bloom of magic.
"On Prospect Hill, you can get nearly anything you want from the Fae--if you know how to ask and if you can pay the price. There is no magic on Prospect Hill--or anywhere else, for that matter. But just on the other side of the veil is the world of the Fae, and all their magic. Generations ago, the first farmers on Prospect Hill learned to bargain small trades to make their lives a little easier--a bit of glass to find something lost, a cup of milk for better layers in the chicken coop. Much of that old wisdom has been lost as the riverboats gave way to the rail lines and the farmers took work at the copper works and the cotton mill. Alaine Fairborn's family, however, was always superstitious, and she still hums the rhymes to find her lost shoe and ensure dry weather on her sister Delphine's wedding day. But when Delphine confides her new husband is not the man she thought he was, Alaine will stop at nothing to help her sister escape his abuse. Small bargains buy them time, but the progress of locomotives and factories hasn't given way to equitable laws for women. A major bargain is needed, but the price for sweeping change may be more than they're willing to pay"--
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The veil between fairyland and our world is thinner on Prospect Hill, and Alaine's family has always bargained with the Fae: silk and silver to reverse luck or a coin and a sheath to keep the rain away. Her grandmother warned them to never wander from the approved bargains. But when Alaine's problems grow, no longer content to summon rain for the harvest or a good crop, she creates a fairy ring to summon the Fae to her, face to face. As her courage grows, she stretches the bounds of what she thought possible, until the day her sister steps into the fairy ring to rid herself of her abusive husband. The consequences threaten to destroy them all.
Alaine's fierce, willing to do whatever it takes to save her struggling orchard and protect her family. Delphine's sympathetic, as the new society wife struggling to find a place in a society that shuts its doors on her. The fairies add a level of intrigue that keeps the reader guessing.
This delightful fantasy brings the fantastic and the scary right to the doorstep of a homey rural community. It also makes me wish I could bargain with fairies! (