5/11/2023 0 Comments East by Edith Pattou![]() ![]() The language is beautiful the descriptive quality of the writing is exquisite and the picture painted with words is rich and textural. As with all fairy tales, you may be able to easily guess the end of the story, but this in no way detracts from its telling. Filled with detail, the reader is taken along on an epic journey. ![]() In her long, arduous journey, she discovers the truth about her true self and how the fate of so many lies firmly in her hands.Įdith Pattou gives us a retelling of this old myth that plunges us headlong into the world of Norwegian folklore and magic. Now, in order to make things right again, she must embark on an epic journey to the place that lies 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon'. Rose becomes overwhelmed by curiosity and betrays her host's trust, with horrific consequences. There, a hidden stranger visits her every night. She travels far on the bear's back to a mysterious castle hidden within a mountain. ![]() ![]() Adventurous and bold throughout her childhood, when an enormous, enchanted white bear appears at the family's door and offers to take Rose away with him in exchange for the restored health of her sister, Rose does not hesitate. Superstition says that children born facing north will travel far from home and Rose's mother is terrified that Rose, a north child, will face a lonely, icy death if she follows her destiny.īut Rose is blissfully unaware of this, as she has always been told she is an east child in order to protect her from what her mother fears is a terrible fate that will befall them all. ![]()
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