{"product_id":"the-witchlings-girl-9781473629455","title":"The Witchling's Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Coggan invites you to be with characters who, for all the magic and wonder of the world she creates, are entirely relatable - women bound by duty and justice, love and fear, trying to find their own paths in a world not of their making. It gave me hope; it made me cry. It's a fantastically good book.' - Claire North, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a quiet street far from the river, with an ancient tree growing through its walls and floors, is the House of the Dead. There lives the witchling: healer, midwife and conduit between the world of the living and the world below. A witchling must give up her family and friends and spend her life alone, tending to the sick and carrying the dead down dark tunnels to the underworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaley was born with the gift of death-magic, and at the age of seven her mother abandons her to the witchling to be raised as her successor. But as Haley grows older and learns her craft - as invading armies pass through her town, people are born and die on her floor, and loyalties shift and dissolve around her - she finds it harder and harder to keep her vows and be the perfect and impassive healer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut if she can't, it will be her downfall - and that of everyone she's not supposed to love . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e**************\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther praise for Helena Coggan: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eVivid and intense\u003c\/b\u003e. Helena Coggan had me on the \u003cb\u003eedge of my seat\u003c\/b\u003e' - Amanda Bouchet, bestselling author of The Kingmaker Chronicles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A \u003cb\u003ephenomenal \u003c\/b\u003eachievement . . . \u003cb\u003eassured, frightening, action-packed\u003c\/b\u003e'- \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eTense, exciting, engaging\u003c\/b\u003e' - Claire North, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A \u003cb\u003epulsing, labyrinthine, emotionally visceral\u003c\/b\u003e plot' - \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The plot \u003cb\u003epulses with action\u003c\/b\u003e and the characters are \u003cb\u003ebeautifully complex\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a book that \u003cb\u003esparks with adrenaline and longing\u003c\/b\u003e, all the way to the final page' - Rebecca Ross, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473629455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Helena Coggan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42021979160757,"sku":"9781473629455","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5a1ab688-d898-4c23-a7b8-a4fa7c21ef1b.jpg?v=1649301760","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-witchlings-girl-9781473629455","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}