Beauty

With thenbsp;nbsp;critically acclaimed novels The Gate Tonbsp;nbsp;Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and thenbsp;nbsp;Hugo-nominated Grass, Sherinbsp;nbsp;Tepper has established herself as one of the majornbsp;nbsp;science fiction writers of out Time. Innbsp;nbsp;Beauty, she broadens her territory evennbsp;nbsp;further, with a novel that evokes all the richness ofnbsp;nbsp;fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspringnbsp;nbsp;of tales such as "Sleeping...
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With thenbsp;nbsp;critically acclaimed novels The Gate Tonbsp;nbsp;Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and thenbsp;nbsp;Hugo-nominated Grass, Sherinbsp;nbsp;Tepper has established herself as one of the majornbsp;nbsp;science fiction writers of out Time. Innbsp;nbsp;Beauty, she broadens her territory evennbsp;nbsp;further, with a novel that evokes all the richness ofnbsp;nbsp;fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspringnbsp;nbsp;of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty,"nbsp;nbsp;Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope andnbsp;nbsp;despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdropnbsp;nbsp;both enchanted and frightening, the story beginsnbsp;nbsp;with a wicked aunt's curse that will afflict a youngnbsp;nbsp;woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday.nbsp;nbsp;Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soonnbsp;nbsp;finds herself embarked on an adventure of vastnbsp;nbsp;consequences. For it becomes clear that thenbsp;nbsp;enchanted places of this fantastic world--a place notnbsp;nbsp;unlike our own--are in danger and must be saved beforenbsp;nbsp;it is too late.