A heartstopping and beautifully original reworking of Beauty and the Beast set in contemporary
Alaska from the internationally bestselling author of The Snow Child . 'I read with my
heart in my mouth filled with wonder' Rachel Joyce author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of
Harold Fry 'Dazzling and moving' Tiffany McDaniel author of Betty Birdie's keeping it
together of course she is. So she's a little hungover on her shifts and has to bring her
daughter to the lodge while she waits tables but Emaleen never goes hungry. It's a tough town
to be a single mother and Birdie just needs to get by. And then Birdie meets Arthur who is
quieter than most men but makes her want to listen who is gentle with Emaleen and
understands Birdie's fascination with the mountains in whose shadow they live. When Arthur asks
Birdie and Emaleen to leave the lodge and make a home just the three of them in his off-grid
cabin Birdie's answer in a heartbeat is yes. Out in the wilderness Birdie's days are
harsher and richer than she ever imagined possible. Here she will feel truly at one with
nature. Here she and Emaleen will learn the whole fearful truth about Arthur.
