{"product_id":"the-river-has-roots","title":"The River Has Roots","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA jewel of a novella from \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award–winning author Amal El-Mohtar — her first solo work since the global phenomenon \u003cem\u003eThis Is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the village of Thistleford on the edge of Faerie, the Hawthorn sisters — Esther and Ysabel — tend their family's apple orchard, and sing to the river that runs alongside it. Like generations of Hawthorn women before them, their songs are old, and the river listens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEsther is the dreamer. She is in love. Ysabel is the protector. She watches the river. And when something darker than either of them could have anticipated comes to Thistleford, the sisters' bond — and the songs that have bound their family to this enchanted place — will be tested in ways they never imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe River Has Roots\u003c\/em\u003e is a fairy tale rooted in folk song, a love story, a tale of grammar and grief and grace, written by one of the most lyrical voices in contemporary literary fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmal El-Mohtar\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lebanese-Canadian writer of fiction, poetry, and criticism. She is the co-author, with Max Gladstone, of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and Hugo, Nebula, Locus, BSFA, and Aurora Award–winning novella \u003cem\u003eThis Is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/em\u003e. Her short fiction has won the Hugo Award, the Locus Award, and the Nebula Award. She writes the \u003cem\u003eOtherworldly\u003c\/em\u003e column for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and has taught creative writing at the University of Ottawa. \u003cem\u003eThe River Has Roots\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut solo work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSusanna Clarke's \u003cem\u003ePiranesi\u003c\/em\u003e, T. Kingfisher, Catherynne M. Valente, Naomi Novik's \u003cem\u003eSpinning Silver\u003c\/em\u003e, and anyone who loves their fantasy lyrical, folkloric, and deeply sisterly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia (Quercus)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51715425501400,"sku":"9781529453720","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/the-river-has-roots","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}