The Thorn and the Blossom
A Two-Sided Love Story
Theodora Goss author Scott Mckowen illustrator
Format:Novelty book
Publisher:Quirk Books
Published:6th Jan '12
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A Two-Sided Love Story . . .
When Evelyn Morgan walks into Thorne and Son, a bookstore in the Cornish village of Clews, she doesn't know that she's going to meet the love of her life. When Brendan Thorne sells her a medieval poem called "The Book of the Green Knight", he doesn't know that it will shape his future.When Evelyn Morgan walks into Thorne and Son, a bookstore in the Cornish village of Clews, she doesn't know that she's going to meet the love of her life. When Brendan Thorne sells her a medieval poem called "The Book of the Green Knight", he doesn't know that it will shape his future. After that first meeting, they don't see one another for years - and yet they never stop thinking about one another. It's as if they're the haunted lovers in the old book itself...
“It's a beautiful book, both inside and out, and truly a treasure on every appreciable level.”—Bookslut
“Double the love story, double the fun for fantasy readers.”—McClatchy Newspapers
“Goss has written some of the most remarkable short fantasy fiction of recent years.”—The Guardian (UK)
“Teens who enjoy a romantic tale will be enchanted by the clever packaging and the fanciful, touching story of young people thwarted in love.”—School Library Journal
“A book unlike any you've seen before.”—Westword
“Goss' appealing characters and modern magic atmosphere will continue to attract a following.”—Publisher’s Weekly
“Every page of The Thorn and the Blossom impressed me more and more until I finished and was just left with awe.”—Utopia State of Mind
ISBN: 9781594745515
Dimensions: 192mm x 136mm x 21mm
Weight: 281g
82 pages