~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction - 2011, NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction - 2011, and the Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Debut - 2012
In a Balkan country mending from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor healing after the death of her grandfather, arrives on a mission of mercy at an orphanage by the sea and finds herself surrounded by age-old superstitions and secrets . . .
Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht has spun a timeless novel sure to establish her as one of the most vibrant and original authors of her generation.
"[The Tiger Wife] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop.” -- Entertainment Weekly