Menna Van Praag
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Since her parents' mysterious deaths many years ago, scientist Cora Sparks has spent her days in the safety of her university lab or at her grandmother Etta's dress shop. Tucked away on a winding Cambridge street, Etta's charming tiny store appears quite ordinary to passersby, but the colorfully vibrant racks of beaded silks, delicate laces, and jewel-toned velvets hold bewitching secrets: With just a few stitches from Etta's needle, these gorgeous...
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"A magical debut about an enchanted house that offers refuge to women in their time of need Distraught that her academic career has stalled, Alba is walking through her hometown of Cambridge, England, when she finds herself in front of a house she's never seen before, 11 Hope Street. A beautiful older woman named Peggy greets her and invites her to stay, on the house's usual conditions: she has ninety-nine nights to turn her life around. With nothing...
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"Van Praag braids mystery, magic, and a vicious hunt for power into a dark, delicious story of four estranged, supernatural sisters." - Publishers Weekly on The Sisters Grimm
"Vividly drawn, evocative and complex, The Sisters Grimm is both absorbing and beautiful-a great achievement." - Bridget Collins, author of the international bestseller The Binding
"Van Praag's character-driven, lush novel . . . is a story determined to exalt the powers of...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Vividly drawn, evocative and complex, The Sisters Grimm is both absorbing and beautiful--a great achievement." - Bridget Collins, author of The Binding
"Van Praag braids mystery, magic, and a vicious hunt for power into a dark, delicious story of four estranged, supernatural sisters." - Publishers Weekly
"Van Praag's character-driven, lush novel [...] is a story determined to exalt the powers of the feminine and of sisterhood."
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