Orfeia Av Joanne Harris

<P>When you can find me an acre of land,<br>Every sage grows merry in time,<br>Between the ocean and the sand<br>Then will you be united again.<br>(Inspired by The Child Ballads 2 & 19)<br><br>So begins a beautiful and tragic quest as a heartbroken mother sets out to save her lost daughter, through the realms of the real, of dream, and even into the underworld itself.<br><br>But determination alone is not enough. For to save something precious, she must give up something precious, be it a song, a memory, or herfreedom itself . . .<br><br>Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.</P>