USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty,fractured and reimagined."A vivid,subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty,where implacable destiny is no match for courage,sisterhood,stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales." -Katherine ArdenIt's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday,which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young,an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness,just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience,complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger,something strange and unexpected happens,and she finds herself falling through worlds,with another sleeping beauty,just as desperate to escape her fate.
Publisher: St Martin's PressISBN: 9781250765352Weight: 236 gDimensions: 217 x 143 x 17 mm
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