The Brides of Rollrock IslandOn remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings—and to catch their wives. The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of the beast. And for a price a man may buy himself a lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold and keep her. And he will tell himself that he is her master. But from his first look into those wide, questioning, liquid eyes, he will be just as transformed as she. He will be equally ensnared. And the witch will have her true payment. Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire, despair, and transformation. With devastatingly beautiful prose, she reveals characters capable of unspeakable cruelty, but also unspoken love. |
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... witch will have her true payment. ISBN 978-0-375-86919-8 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-375-969l9-5 (lih. hdg.) — ISBN 978-0-375-98930-8 (cbook) [l. Witches—Fiction. 2. Selkies—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction. 4. lsl'.|nds—Fiction.] I. Title. P27 ...
... witch will have her true payment. ISBN 978-0-375-86919-8 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-375-969l9-5 (lih. hdg.) — ISBN 978-0-375-98930-8 (cbook) [l. Witches—Fiction. 2. Selkies—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction. 4. lsl'.|nds—Fiction.] I. Title. P27 ...
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Margo Lanagan. “ @hecld witch is there," said Raditch, peering over the top to Six'Mile Beach. “Well settled with her knitting." “lt's all right. We're plenty,” said Grinny. “We're plenty and we have business,” James said with some ...
Margo Lanagan. “ @hecld witch is there," said Raditch, peering over the top to Six'Mile Beach. “Well settled with her knitting." “lt's all right. We're plenty,” said Grinny. “We're plenty and we have business,” James said with some ...
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... witch. She sat some way along the distance we needed to go, and exactly halfway between tide line and water, as if she meant to catch the lot of us. She had a grand pile of weed that she was knitting up beside her, and another pile of ...
... witch. She sat some way along the distance we needed to go, and exactly halfway between tide line and water, as if she meant to catch the lot of us. She had a grand pile of weed that she was knitting up beside her, and another pile of ...
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... witch, in the back of the bunch, which was closer, quieter, and not half so lively as before, oh no. And she was fixed on us, the face of our night horrors, white and creased and greedy. “Move along past,” I muttered. “Plenty on further ...
... witch, in the back of the bunch, which was closer, quieter, and not half so lively as before, oh no. And she was fixed on us, the face of our night horrors, white and creased and greedy. “Move along past,” I muttered. “Plenty on further ...
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... witch. "What's to see? You think I'm ugly.7 Well, so are your dads, and some of you yourselves. Look at you, boy'ofaBaker, with your face like a balled fist. So I'm out alone? What of it? You think all women are maundering mere~maids ...
... witch. "What's to see? You think I'm ugly.7 Well, so are your dads, and some of you yourselves. Look at you, boy'ofaBaker, with your face like a balled fist. So I'm out alone? What of it? You think all women are maundering mere~maids ...
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