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The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death

By Helen Marshall
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Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus meets Helen Oyeyemi's Mr Fox in this dark fantasy tale infused with mystery and threat. From the multi-award-winning author of The Migration, comes the story of a young woman and her grandmother living in the shadow of an endless war, where the painted glamour of the circus hides a world of seduction, violence, cruelty and revenge.

Sara Sidorova lies dying. As she hovers between life and death, she receives a visitation from Amba, the tiger god who will devour creation if he is released from the chains that bind him. Amba gives Sara Sidorova an extraordinary gift: a glimpse into the future.

Years later, her granddaughter Irenda will grow up in a wartorn country where survival means obedience. When a devastating attack robs her of her mother, she travels to Hrana City. There, her grandmother agrees to teach her the ultimate secret: how to tame death. But it won’t be easy…

In the circus that offers her first taste of power, Irenda will have to tame another tiger if she is to survive. Amongst the magicians, the strongmen and the contortionists, she will start down a dangerous road, to carry out a revenge decades in the making... and bring justice into the world for herself and for her family.

Rich with glamour and strangeness, brutality and deceit and the dark magic of the circus, this haunting fable will chill your bones and make your heart ache.

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“ik kan zien wat hiervan de visie was, maar het was een beetje verwarrend tot woorden gekomen. Ik snap dat sommige boeken juist express dingen een beetje vaag laten en mysterieus maar dit werd iets te zwaar om te lezen waardoor het soms bijna te verwarrend werd om doorheen te komen. Anders dan dat vind ik de concepten wel heel leuk en ik geniet altijd van verhalen over circussen en de buiten beentjes Wel denk ik dat dit een hele goeie ghibli film zou maken”

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