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*A dreamy, sublimely written tale. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how you think about beauty, power, and what it really means to follow your heart.
What makes a girl beastly? Is it having too much ambition? Being too proud? Taking up too much space? Or is it just wanting something, anything, too badly?
That's the problem Arabella faces when she makes her debut in society. Her parents want her to be sweet and compliant so she can marry well, but try as she might, Arabella can't extinguish the fire burning inside her -- the source of her deepest wishes, her wildest dreams.
When an attempt to suppress her emotions tragically backfires, a mysterious figure punishes Arabella with a curse, dooming her and everyone she cares about, trapping them in the castle. As the years pass, Arabella abandons hope. The curse is her fault -- after all, there's nothing more beastly than a girl who expresses her anger -- and the only way to break it is to find a boy who loves her for her true self: a cruel task for a girl who's been told she's impossible to love.
When a handsome thief named Beau makes his way into the castle, the captive servants are thrilled, convinced he is the one to break the curse. But Beau -- spooked by the castle's strange and forbidding ladies-in-waiting, and by the malevolent presence that stalks its corridors at night -- only wants to escape. He learned long ago that love is only an illusion. If Beau and Arabella have any hope of breaking the curse, they must learn to trust their wounded hearts, and realize that the cruelest prisons of all are the ones we build for ourselves.
An instant New York Times bestseller
Optioned for film by Lynette Howell Taylor, the producer of A Star is Born and Bruna Papandrea, producer of Big Little Lies
A Seventeen Best of the Year
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
An American Librarian Association-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults book
An American Library Association Feminist Book Project book
A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year
Isabelle should be blissfully happy -- she's about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn't the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince's heart. She's the ugly stepsister who cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella's shoe . . . which is now filling with blood.
Isabelle tried to fit in. She cut away pieces of herself in order to become pretty. Sweet. More like Cinderella. But that only made her mean, jealous, and hollow. Now she has a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl.
Evoking the darker, original version of the Cinderella story, Stepsister shows us that ugly is in the eye of the beholder, and uses Jennifer Donnelly's trademark wit and wisdom to send an overlooked character on a journey toward empowerment, redemption . . . and a new definition of beauty.
Now with a fresh new look and introduction, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing, Printz Honor-winning debut--the story of a young woman's coming-of-age and the murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America. A Printz Award Honor Book
A contemporary classic. Jennifer Donnelly is the master of historical fiction! ---Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Carnegie Medal
Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams of being a writer but little hope of seeing them come true.
With the fresh pain of her mother's death lingering over her and the only out from her impoverished life being marriage to the handsome but dull local rich boy, Maddie flees from her home. She takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from Big Moose Lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.
Set in 1906 in the Adirondack Mountains, against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, this Printz Honor-winning coming-of-age novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.
Bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly continues her Rose Petals series - novella-length stories set within the world of her beloved Tea Rose saga.
It's the summer of 1900 in London's gritty East End. The ruthless, complicated gangster Sid Malone rules the streets of Whitechapel with an iron fist, but cannot rule his own heart.
A forbidden love for India Selwyn Jones, an idealistic young doctor, torments Sid. He's certain the violence of his underworld life will only lead to tragedy for a soul whose kindness and decency are like nothing he's ever known.
When India's new hospital is robbed in a stealthy nighttime raid, Sid's worst fears are confirmed. Convinced a powerful rival is closing in, he distances himself from India to keep her safe. But what he doesn't see is that the one who needs saving might just be himself.
Where Roses Fall is set between parts one and two of The Winter Rose, the second book of The Tea Rose saga.
Praise for The Rose Saga
The Tea Rose:
Steeped in melodrama, revenge and a maddeningly star-crossed romance, The Tea Rose is a fine yarn ... Bottom line: Guilty pleasure.
People Magazine
The Winter Rose:
The Winter Rose confirms Donnelly's place among the elite writers of epic historical fiction. Lyrical and captivating, The Winter Rose is an astounding work that will speak to your heart.
The Strand Bookstore, New York City
The Wild Rose:
Enjoy the ride: 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliffhangers, and plot twists.
Publisher's Weekly
www.whererosesfall.com
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly returns to the unforgettable world of her beloved first novel, The Tea Rose.
It's the summer of 1891, New York City, in the early days of Fiona Finnegan's marriage to Nicholas Soames. Though their marriage is an unconventional one and the wounds of the past are not fully healed, the two best friends are happy together, consumed with chasing their dreams and building a better life for themselves and their loved ones.
When Fiona senses a quiet love blossoming between her widowed uncle, Michael Finnegan, and his neighbor, Mary Munro, she's thrilled and hopes that MIchael will soon propose to Mary.
But one night, at a family supper, a surprise announcement tears these hopes asunder.
Will Mary be lost to a determined suitor? Or will Fiona and Nick find a way to unite two souls who belong together but are held apart by grief, pride, and too many words left unspoken?
Molly's Letter is a love letter to family, friends, and the bonds that outlast loss, pain, and sometimes, even life itself.
Molly's Letter is the first in a series of novella-length stories written straight from the heart by Jennifer Donnelly for readers of her Tea Rose saga. Each one is inspired by - and set within - the epic world of The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, and The Wild Rose.
Praise for The Rose Saga
The Tea Rose:
Donnelly indulges in delightfully straightforward storytelling in this comfortably overstuffed novel...the novel's lively plotting, big cast of warmly drawn characters and long-deferred romantic denouement make this a ripping yarn.
Publisher's Weekly
This is a splendid, heartwarming novel of pain, struggle, decency, triumph -- and just what we need in these times.
Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes
Steeped in melodrama, revenge and a maddeningly star-crossed romance, The Tea Rose is a fine yarn... Bottom line: Guilty pleasure.
People Magazine
The Winter Rose:
Donnelly is a master of pacing and plot, with enough high points scattered throughout to keep your pulse racing...
The Washington Post
I loved this book. It is truly seductive, hard to put down, filled with mystery, secret passions, unique locations, and a most engaging heroine.
Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of A Woman Of Substance
The Winter Rose confirms Donnelly's place among the elite writers of epic historical fiction...Lyrical and captivating, The Winter Rose is an astounding work that will speak to your heart.
The Strand Bookstore, New York City
The Wild Rose:
This time around, Donnelly has leaned more toward Indiana Jones than Barbara Taylor Bradford, and the result is a perfect vacation read.
Booklist
Enjoy the ride: 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliffhangers, and plot twists.
Publisher's Weekly
www.mollysletter.com
Bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly continues her Rose Petals series - novella-length stories set within the world of her beloved Tea Rose saga.
It's the summer of 1900 in London's gritty East End. The ruthless, complicated gangster Sid Malone rules the streets of Whitechapel with an iron fist, but cannot rule his own heart.
A forbidden love for India Selwyn Jones, an idealistic young doctor, torments Sid. He's certain the violence of his underworld life will only lead to tragedy for a soul whose kindness and decency are like nothing he's ever known.
When India's new hospital is robbed in a stealthy nighttime raid, Sid's worst fears are confirmed. Convinced a powerful rival is closing in, he distances himself from India to keep her safe. But what he doesn't see is that the one who needs saving might just be himself.
Where Roses Fall is set between parts one and two of The Winter Rose, the second book of The Tea Rose saga.
Praise for The Rose Saga
The Tea Rose:
Steeped in melodrama, revenge and a maddeningly star-crossed romance, The Tea Rose is a fine yarn ... Bottom line: Guilty pleasure.
People Magazine
The Winter Rose:
The Winter Rose confirms Donnelly's place among the elite writers of epic historical fiction. Lyrical and captivating, The Winter Rose is an astounding work that will speak to your heart.
The Strand Bookstore, New York City
The Wild Rose:
Enjoy the ride: 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliffhangers, and plot twists.
Publisher's Weekly
www.whererosesfall.com
...a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, wrapped up in a thrilling fantasy adventure. -- The Guardian
A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year
AN American Library Association-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
Optioned for film by Lynette Howell Taylor, the producer of A Star is Born, and Bruna Papandrea, producer of Big Little Lies.
Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the color of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife . . . and took Sophie's heart.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors, the whispers. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule -- a waste of a princess. A disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to keep girls like Sophie from becoming too powerful, too strong . . .
With the help of seven mysterious strangers, Sophie manages to survive. But when she realizes that the jealous queen might not be to blame, Sophie must find the courage to face an even more terrifying enemy, proving that even the darkest magic can't extinguish the fire burning inside every girl, and that kindness is the ultimate form of strength.
An instant New York Times bestseller
Optioned for film by Lynette Howell Taylor, the producer of A Star is Born and Bruna Papandrea, producer of Big Little Lies
A Seventeen Best of the Year
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
An American Librarian Association-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults book
An American Library Association Feminist Book Project book
A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year
Isabelle should be blissfully happy -- she's about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn't the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince's heart. She's the ugly stepsister who cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella's shoe . . . which is now filling with blood.
Isabelle tried to fit in. She cut away pieces of herself in order to become pretty. Sweet. More like Cinderella. But that only made her mean, jealous, and hollow. Now she has a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl.
Evoking the darker, original version of the Cinderella story, Stepsister shows us that ugly is in the eye of the beholder, and uses Jennifer Donnelly's trademark wit and wisdom to send an overlooked character on a journey toward empowerment, redemption . . . and a new definition of beauty.
...a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, wrapped up in a thrilling fantasy adventure. -- The Guardian
A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year
AN American Library Association-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
Optioned for film by Lynette Howell Taylor, the producer of A Star is Born, and Bruna Papandrea, producer of Big Little Lies.
Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the color of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife . . . and took Sophie's heart.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors, the whispers. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule -- a waste of a princess. A disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to keep girls like Sophie from becoming too powerful, too strong . . .
With the help of seven mysterious strangers, Sophie manages to survive. But when she realizes that the jealous queen might not be to blame, Sophie must find the courage to face an even more terrifying enemy, proving that even the darkest magic can't extinguish the fire burning inside every girl, and that kindness is the ultimate form of strength.
The Tea Rose is a towering old-fashioned story, imbued with a modern sensibility, of a family's destruction, of murder and revenge, of love lost and won again, and of one determined woman's quest to survive and triumph.
East London, 1888-a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, a bright and defiant young woman dares to dream of a life beyond tumbledown wharves, gaslit alleys, and the grim and crumbling dwellings of the poor. Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's dreams are shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything-and everyone-she holds dear. Fearing her own death at the dark man's hands, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit-and the ghosts of her past-propel her rise from a modest west side shopfront to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. Authentic and moving, Jennifer Donnelly's The Tea Rose is an unforgettable novel.
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly returns to the unforgettable world of her beloved first novel, The Tea Rose.
It's the summer of 1891, New York City, in the early days of Fiona Finnegan's marriage to Nicholas Soames. Though their marriage is an unconventional one and the wounds of the past are not fully healed, the two best friends are happy together, consumed with chasing their dreams and building a better life for themselves and their loved ones.
When Fiona senses a quiet love blossoming between her widowed uncle, Michael Finnegan, and his neighbor, Mary Munro, she's thrilled and hopes that MIchael will soon propose to Mary.
But one night, at a family supper, a surprise announcement tears these hopes asunder.
Will Mary be lost to a determined suitor? Or will Fiona and Nick find a way to unite two souls who belong together but are held apart by grief, pride, and too many words left unspoken?
Molly's Letter is a love letter to family, friends, and the bonds that outlast loss, pain, and sometimes, even life itself.
Molly's Letter is the first in a series of novella-length stories written straight from the heart by Jennifer Donnelly for readers of her Tea Rose saga. Each one is inspired by - and set within - the epic world of The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, and The Wild Rose.
Praise for The Rose Saga
The Tea Rose:
Donnelly indulges in delightfully straightforward storytelling in this comfortably overstuffed novel...the novel's lively plotting, big cast of warmly drawn characters and long-deferred romantic denouement make this a ripping yarn.
Publisher's Weekly
This is a splendid, heartwarming novel of pain, struggle, decency, triumph -- and just what we need in these times.
Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes
Steeped in melodrama, revenge and a maddeningly star-crossed romance, The Tea Rose is a fine yarn... Bottom line: Guilty pleasure.
People Magazine
The Winter Rose:
Donnelly is a master of pacing and plot, with enough high points scattered throughout to keep your pulse racing...
The Washington Post
I loved this book. It is truly seductive, hard to put down, filled with mystery, secret passions, unique locations, and a most engaging heroine.
Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of A Woman Of Substance
The Winter Rose confirms Donnelly's place among the elite writers of epic historical fiction...Lyrical and captivating, The Winter Rose is an astounding work that will speak to your heart.
The Strand Bookstore, New York City
The Wild Rose:
This time around, Donnelly has leaned more toward Indiana Jones than Barbara Taylor Bradford, and the result is a perfect vacation read.
Booklist
Enjoy the ride: 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliffhangers, and plot twists.
Publisher's Weekly
www.mollysletter.com
