Among Others: A Novel (USED)

Description: Product Description : Among Others: A Novel Winner of the 2011 Nebula Award for Best NovelWinner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best NovelStartling unusual and yet irresistably readable Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantmentRaised by a halfmad mother who dabbled in magic Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds As a child growing up in Wales she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippledand her twin sister deadFleeing to her father whom she barely knew Mori was sent to boarding school in Englanda place all but devoid of true magic There outcast and alone she tempted fate by doing magic herself in an attempt to find a circle of likeminded friends But her magic also drew the attention of her mother bringing about a reckoning that could no longer be put offCombining elements of autobiography with flights of imagination in the manner of novels like Jonathan Lethems The Fortress of Solitude this is potentially a breakout book for an author whose genius has already been hailed by peers like Kelly Link Sarah Weinman and Ursula K Le GuinOne of School Library Journals Best Adult Books 4 Teens titles of 2011One of io9s best Science Fiction Fantasy books of the year 2011( it is an used product )

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