Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2010.
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With such beautiful writing and a wonderful cast of characters you are easily able to suspend disbelief in this magical, wonderful story.
Strange things are happening on the remote and snowbound archipelago of St Hauda's Land. Unusual winged creatures flit around icy bogland; albino animals hide themselves in the snow-glazed woods; jellyfish glow in the ocean's depths...And Ida MacLaird is slowly turning into glass. A mysterious and frightening alchemical metamorphosis has befallen Ida Maclaird - she is slowly turning into glass, from the feet up.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Strange things are happening on the remote and snowbound archipelago of St Hauda's Land. Unusual winged creatures flit around icy bogland; albino animals hide themselves in the snow-glazed woods; jellyfish glow in the ocean's depths...And Ida MacLaird is slowly turning into glass.
The Girl with Glass Feet features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Debuts, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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The Girl with Glass Feet was written by Ali Shaw and published by Atlantic Books
The Girl with Glass Feet has 295 pages
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