Wild Swans

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

Age range 11 to 14

A girl loses her beloved brothers when they are turned into swans by her wicked stepmother. She embarks on a vital quest with one purpose: to find them and turn them back into boys again. But the task is complicated. She must pick nettles with her bare hands and turn them to yarn, to spin and knit into shirts for each of the eleven brothers. And all the while she cannot speak, for if she does, even so much as a whisper, it will be like a knife in the heart of each swan-boy. And so she knits in silence. And where there is silence, people will put words.

The Wild Swans is a beautiful and lyrical extended version of the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen in Jackie Morris's enchanting retelling, complete with delicate watercolour paintings throughout this new edition. A story about love and bravery, about how to listen, and about how, when we do not listen, we hear what we wish to hear. 'Beautiful, lyrical, and lovely'.

'Jackie Morris does more than tell a story; she conjures glorious landscapes of the heart.' - Joanne Harris

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781783528882
Published: November 2021

Number of pages: 384
Width: 141 mm
Height: 176 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Unbound