A tour de force of fairytale and imagination, The Sisters Grimm is a magical tale of life, death and sisterhood that brings to mind Beautiful Creatures, Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Stardust.
Menna van Praag has lived in Cambridge all her life, except when she was studying at Oxford University. She has worked as a reader for BBC Films & TV and as a script editor for a number of independent production companies. Menna is the author of five successful novels of magical realism, including The House at the End of Hope Street, which have been translated into 26 languages. The acclaimed The Sisters Grimm marked her first foray into dark, contemporary fantasy.
Vividly drawn, evocative and complex, The Sisters Grimm is both
absorbing and beautiful – a great achievement.
*BRIDGET COLLINS, author of The Binding*
One of those rare finds: a vivid and fully-realised act of the
imagination, written with the page-turning immediacy of the here
and now, but overflowing with the wonder of the stories of old.
*ROBERT DINSDALE, author of The Toymakers*
A very grown up fairy-tale with more than a nod to Angela Carter
and Philip Pullman . . . textured and complex . . . genuinely
thrilling and emotional . . . it's never less than
spellbinding.
*STARBURST*
A darkly beguiling delight that’s perfect for fans of rich and
imaginative fantasy books akin to Erin Morgenstern and Neil
Gaiman.
*CULTUREFLY*
An entertaining and clever examination of folklore, female
empowerment, and the system that attempts to keep women in
check.'
*SciFiNOW*
Van Praag spins a compelling, intensely poetic narrative of
empowerment and self-realisation.
*Guardian*
Readers will be drawn to these well-developed characters and their
lush world.
*Publisher's Weekly*
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