- Title:
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After the Forest (MP3)
- Written by:
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Kell Woods
- Read by:
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Esther Wane
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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13 hours 56 minutes
- MP3 size:
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605 MB
- Published:
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October 28 2023
- Available Date:
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October 28 2023
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781460749432
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Fairytales; Fantasy Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/HarperCollins audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
The Sunday Times bestseller
Australian author
Debut novel
Set in the Black Forest of Wurttemberg during the mid-17th Century, After the Forest is a stunning meld of love story, fairytale, magic and history by an exciting debut Australian voice.
Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour.
A drop of blood to bind its power.
1650. The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people recovering in the aftermath of a brutal war.
Greta has a secret, though: the witch's grimoire, secreted away and whispering in her ear, and the recipe inside that makes the most sinfully delicious – and addictive – gingerbread. As long as she can bake, Greta can keep her small family afloat.
But in a village full of superstition, Greta and her intoxicating gingerbread is a source of ever-growing suspicion and vicious gossip. And now, dark magic is returning to the woods and Greta's own powers – magic she is still trying to understand – may be the only thing that can save her. If it doesn't kill her first.
'This wonderful, well-woven story is so rich and affecting you can't help but savour every single sentence. Woods's clever retelling of the popular Hansel and Gretel fairy tale succeeds in giving us something novel and authentic.'
T.L. Huchu, bestselling author of The Library of the Dead
'Deliciously irresistible.'
Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author
'Utterly enchanting.'
Kate Forsyth, bestselling and award-winning author of The Chain of Charm series