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'Tangleweed and Brine'

By: Deirdre Sullivan
Publisher: Little Island
Published: September 2017
Pages: 180
Categories: Children
Available as: Hardback
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ISBN-13: 9781910411926
ASIN: 1910411922

A collection of thirteen dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales that follow in the tradition of Angela Carter; stories from Cinderella to Rumpelstiltskin, tales of mermaids and monsters, are given a unique witchy makeover. WINNER of the Book of the Year Award at the Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2018 WINNER of Young Adult Book of the Year Award at the Irish Book Awards 2017 WINNER of the Irish Times Ticket Readers’ Choice for Best Young Adult Fiction 2017

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