{"product_id":"rose-daughter-9780441013999","title":"Rose Daughter","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSunshine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHero and the Crown\u003c\/i\u003e presents a beautiful retelling of \u003ci\u003eBeauty and the Beast.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen their father's business fails, a young woman named Beauty and her two sisters leave their fine house in the city and move to a tiny cottage far away from everything they've ever known. The neglected cottage is engulfed by the long thorny stems of some unknown plant. Beauty patiently tends to them, and when, the following summer, the mysterious flowers are the most beautiful things the sisters have ever seen, an old woman tells Beauty: \"Roses are for love. Not silly sweethearts' love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole...There's an old folk-tale that there aren't many roses around any more because they need more love than people have to give them to make them flower...\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Beauty takes her father's place in the terrifying beast's palace, she discovers that his beloved rose garden is dying; and because she needs something to do to distract her from missing her family, because she loves roses--and because she pities the Beast--she determines to bring it back to life...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for \u003ci\u003eThe Hero and the Crown\u003c\/i\u003e and a Newbery Honor for \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Sword\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eSunshine\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eSpindle's End\u003c\/i\u003e; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale \u003ci\u003eBeauty and the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeauty and Rose Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e; and a retelling of the \u003ci\u003eRobin Hood\u003c\/i\u003e legend, \u003ci\u003eThe Outlaws of Sherwood\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527000887570,"sku":"9780441013999","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_220a05ef-c5c9-47b3-8a85-9b459f7e2c40.jpg?v=1731289878","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rose-daughter-9780441013999","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}