Girls Made of Snow and Glass (International Edition) - Softcover

Melissa Bashardoust received her degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, where she rediscovered her love for creative writing, children's literature, and fairy tales and their retellings. She currently lives in Southern California with a cat named Alice and more copies of Jane Eyre than she probably needs. Girls Made of Snow and Glass is her first novel. Visit Melissa online at www.melissabash.com.

-In Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Melissa Bashardoust has given us exquisite displays of magic, complex mother-daughter relationships, and gloriously powerful women triumphing in a world that does not want them to be powerful. A gorgeous, feminist fairy tale.- --Traci Chee, New York Times bestselling author of The Reader -Girls Made of Snow and Glass is like reading a particularly wonderful and vivid dream, complete with imaginative magic, delightful characters, and beautiful language. Melissa Bashardoust's debut novel is everything a fairy tale should be.- --Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling coauthor of My Lady Jane "In Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Melissa Bashardoust has given us exquisite displays of magic, complex mother-daughter relationships, and gloriously powerful women triumphing in a world that does not want them to be powerful. A gorgeous, feminist fairy tale." --Traci Chee, New York Times bestselling author of The Reader "Girls Made of Snow and Glass is like reading a particularly wonderful and vivid dream, complete with imaginative magic, delightful characters, and beautiful language. Melissa Bashardoust's debut novel is everything a fairy tale should be." --Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling coauthor of My Lady Jane "Simply beautiful. Girls Made of Snow and Glass is like reading a particularly wonderful and vivid dream, complete with imaginative magic, delightful characters, and beautiful language. Melissa Bashardoust's debut novel is everything a fairy tale should be." Jodi Meadows, coauthor of My Lady Jane "YOU NEED THIS BOOK. YOU WANT THIS BOOK. This is the timely feminist Snow White you'll want to tell your children. It's more magical than the original, and more imaginative than any Snow White retelling I've read. Girls Made of Snow and Glass is fabulous. And it's absolutely not what you're expecting." Allison Seneca, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, Colorado "I cried three times and now I'm going to gush: Girls Made of Snow and Glass is such a beautiful book. I am so excited for it to be out in the world." Emily A. Duncan, Hudson Library and Historical Society, Hudson, Ohio "I loved Girls Made of Snow and Glass the magic, the atmosphere, the feel of a classic fairy tale. I seriously can t wait to staff pick it when it comes out. Rebecca Wells, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts "OMG, I loved it. Anyone who loves Wicked will love Girls Made of Snow and Glass, too. Rachel Strolle, Anderson s Bookshop, Naperville, Illinois " "YOU NEED THIS BOOK. YOU WANT THIS BOOK. This is the timely feminist Snow White you'll want to tell your children. It's more magical than the original, and more imaginative than any Snow White retelling I've read. Girls Made of Snow and Glass is fabulous. And it's absolutely not what you're expecting." Allison Seneca, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, Colorado "I cried three times and now I'm going to gush: Girls Made of Snow and Glass is such a beautiful book. I am so excited for it to be out in the world." Emily A. Duncan, Hudson Library and Historical Society, Hudson, Ohio "I loved Girls Made of Snow and Glass the magic, the atmosphere, the feel of a classic fairy tale. I seriously can t wait to staff pick it when it comes out. Rebecca Wells, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts "OMG, I loved it. Anyone who loves Wicked will love Girls Made of Snow and Glass, too. Rachel Strolle, Anderson s Bookshop, Naperville, Illinois " "YOU NEED THIS BOOK. YOU WANT THIS BOOK. This is the timely feminist Snow White you'll want to tell your children. It's more magical than the original, and more imaginative than any Snow White retelling I've read. Girls Made of Snow and Glass is fabulous. And it's absolutely not what you're expecting." Allison Seneca, Old Firehouse Books "