![]() ![]() Maresi can sense the Crone and, although she begins the book unaware of her powers, she turns out to have considerable magic that her connection to the Goddess enhances. At the Abbey, Maresi had learned to worship the three aspects of the Goddess: Maiden, Mother, and Crone (the face of death). Set in an agrarian, mostly pre-literate, fantasy world, Red Mantle (American edition title, cover above right UK cover, on the left) begins with the protagonist Maresi returning home after nearly a decade at the Red Abbey-where her parents had sent her after a “hunger winter” so severe that they lost one child to starvation and feared losing more. ![]() It’s also the co-winner of the 2020 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize-and deservedly so, as it’s a fabulous read. ![]() Maresi: Red Mantle by Maria Turtschaninoff is all of these. A beautiful story with a strong female protagonist. ![]()
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