as a bartender, a bookseller, a translator, and a library assistant. She is currently studying for a master's in library and information sciences, hoping to stay in a library for good. She lives in Toronto with her professor husband and two very fluffy cats. Honeysuckle is her debut novel.
At Lit Hub Fridman-Tell tagged six books that "take a fairy tale and pull one thread loose, to see what happens next, or tip the story on its side and see what new shape emerges." One title on the list:
T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to CallRead about another title on the list.
T. Kingfisher is the master of fairy tale retellings, and though I seem to say it about each and every one of her books, A Sorceress Comes to Call really might be my favorite. Starting with the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Goose Girl,” T. Kingfisher unravels the idea of parental expectations in fairy tales—and the ever-present injunction to follow your parents’ commands—sketching an unsettling examination of abuse and power dynamics, with a side of (the best) heroic geese and a demonic, headless horse that really raises the bar for horse-related trauma.
--Marshal Zeringue
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