{"product_id":"the-spiral-of-life-francesca-mcmahon-9781951905439","title":"The Spiral of Life: An Old Gods Story","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe first lesson Eilean MacAlistair learned in blacksmithing: First, you harden, and then you temper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOtherwise, your metal will break.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe same is true with life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few years back, Eilean didn't temper herself, and she broke someone. Badly. Hospital badly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer family had to flee Scotland because of her, but now they've returned, and 17-year-old Eilean's life feels like a forge with the temperature rising around her. Mam? is sick, her family is straining at the seams, and magic is real!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Otherworld has been calling to her from beneath Loch Lomond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she answers, Eilean discovers a world of blacksmiths in ballgowns, cruel cyclopses, and chronically critical kelpies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause she didn't have enough problems to deal with already.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Eilean be able to temper herself against everything in this strange new world, and withstand the weight of her past? Or will she break once again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind out in the first adventure of Eilean in the Otherworld, The Spiral of Life, a young adult fantasy inspired by Celtic folklore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francesca McMahon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951905431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951905439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bandele Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Francesca McMahon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199320838399,"sku":"9781951905439","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11e2cd29-ecbc-4562-a1d2-37dd53bd69e4.jpg?v=1727925712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-spiral-of-life-francesca-mcmahon-9781951905439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}