The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali ShawPublisher: Henry Holt and Co. 2009
Hardback 287 pages
In Ali Shaw's debut novel, The Girl with Glass Feet, we are led into a world that while it may exist in modern times, it is still is a land of magic and mystery, where the barrier between our reality and the land of faerie is blurred. Set on the fictional island of St. Hauda's Land, a young girl sets upon a quest to find the only person she believes can cure her of an affliction akin to a curse. Shortly after visiting the island on a holiday from the mainland, Ida finds that her feet are slowly turning to glass. And while it starts with just the tips of her toes she soon finds that it is creeping ever farther up her body. She returns to the island to seek out an eccentric character whom she believes has the magic and knowledge to save her. What she finds instead is that hers isn't the only secret that the island holds and that her story is only a small thread in this complex tapestry of tales of magic and love.
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