Beauty

With the critically acclaimed novels The Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and the Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In Beauty, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty," Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop both enchanted and frightening, the story begins with a wicked aunt's curse that will afflict a young woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday. Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast consequences. For it becomes clear that the enchanted places of this fantastic world--a place not unlike our own--are in danger and must be saved before it is too late.

From the Paperback edition.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 07/01/1991
ISBN: 9780385419406
Pages: 420
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.56w x 1.00d

Review Citations: ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/1992 pg. 1365
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/1992 pg. 872
School Library Journal 02/01/1992 pg. 121