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After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout and city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits that they have always believed protect their home, crops, and forest. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows . . .
Katherine Arden’s bestselling debut novel, The Bear and the Nightingale (the first in her Winternight Trilogy), spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gifted and gorgeous voice.
“Utterly bewitching, a lush narrative, an immersive, earthy story of folk magic, faith, and hubris, peopled with vivid, dynamic characters, particularly clever, brave Vasya, who outsmarts men and demons alike to save her family.” -- Booklist