Tangled Roots

Maria Turtschaninoff is known for crafting lyrical, historically inspired fantasy stories starring strong female protagonists. She is a two-time winner of the Society of Swedish Literature Prize, a nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and winner of the 2014 Finlandia Junior Prize. Maria has a Master of Arts in human ecology and works full-time as a writer. Her Red Abbey Chronicles, YA fantasy novels Maresi, Naondel, Maresi Red Mantle have sold in 31 territories around the world. Tangled Roots is Maria's first adult novel. A.A. Prime is an award-winning translator from Swedish to English. Her previous translations for Pushkin Children's include Maria Turtschaninoff's Red Abbey Chronicles.

• Whose Daughter 9THE 17TH CENTURYNevabacka 17Border Folk 33THE 18TH CENTURYThe Chaplain 57Johannes 78The Trial 101Forest Sister 112Nettles 130THE 19TH CENTURYBitter Herbs 157Shadow Song 191Bread and Stone 201Bird Girl 220THE 20TH CENTURYPests 267Maps 297Sleigh Ride 318Summer with Doris 333THE 21ST CENTURYDecay 363Inventory 391Instructions 409

Filled with the shimmer of folk belief, in Tangled Roots people's beliefs change form, intertwine and dissolve across four hundred years