Winter Rose
Sorrow and trouble and bitterness will hound you and yours and the children of yours… Some said the dying words of Nial Lynn, murdered by his own son, were a wicked curse. To others, it was a winter’s tale spun by firelight on cold, dark nights. But when Corbet Lynn came to rebuild his family...
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Sorrow and trouble and bitterness will hound you and yours and the children of yours… Some said the dying words of Nial Lynn, murdered by his own son, were a wicked curse. To others, it was a winter’s tale spun by firelight on cold, dark nights. But when Corbet Lynn came to rebuild his family estate, memories of his grandfather’s curse were rekindled by young and old--and rumors filled the heavy air of summer. In the woods that border Lynn Hall, free-spirited Rois Melior roams wild and barefooted. And as autumn gold fades, she is consumed with Corbet Lynn, obsessed with his secret past…
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780441009343 (0441009344)
Publish date: June 4th 2002
Publisher: Ace Trade
Pages no: 262
Edition language: English
Series: Winter Rose (#1)
This was the first of McKillip's books that I read. I was hooked by the second sentence. She is one of the most eloquent writers I've ever read; every word she puts down makes her books richer and more beautiful, no matter what it describes. I often find, actually, that I end up losing myself in the...
Beautifully written, of course...very ethereal, which sadly for me made it hard to follow. Sometimes I read so quickly, I don't have the patience to wallow in dreaminess. Her books tend to have those elements about them (and I actually do love that about her writing), but, likely, due to the first-p...
Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip5 Stars + Favorite272 PagesWhen Corbett Lynn returns to the home of his father and grandfather before him, intent on rebuilding Lynn Hall, he stirs up memories long since locked away. It is said that on the night his grandfather mysteriously died, some say murdered, a...
Lovely McKillip. One of those slightly dream-like stories that she’s able to weave so well. Also has a GORGEOUS cover painting. I envy her the cover artist. [Dec. 2008]-----Another Tam Lin retelling. Perilous Gard and Fire and Hemlock are still my favorites, with Pamela Dean’s version and this one ...
McKillip is one of my favorite authors: she has an unrivalled ability to take a seemingly simple story and invest it with a beauty of language and depth of meaning seen in few books. Her fairytales are for adults, as well as younger people (as such stories were originally meant to be); she stays tru...
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