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Beauty

A Novel

A Novel

By Sheri S. Tepper

By Sheri S. Tepper

By Sheri S. Tepper

By Sheri S. Tepper

By Sheri S. Tepper

By Sheri S. Tepper

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Mass Market Paperback $8.99

Mar 01, 1992 | 480 Pages *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

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Jul 01, 1991 | 420 Pages

Ebook $8.99

Dec 23, 2009 | 496 Pages

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    About Beauty

    With the  critically acclaimed novels The Gate To  Women’s Country, Raising The Stones, and the  Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri  Tepper has established herself as one of the major  science fiction writers of out Time. In  Beauty, she broadens her territory even  further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of  fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring  of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty,"  Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and  despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop  both enchanted and frightening, the story begins  with a wicked aunt’s curse that will afflict a young  woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday.  Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon  finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast  consequences. For it becomes clear that the  enchanted places of this fantastic world–a place not  unlike our own–are in danger and must be saved before  it is too late.

    About Beauty

    With the  critically acclaimed novels The Gate To  Women’s Country, Raising The Stones, and the  Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri  Tepper has established herself as one of the major  science fiction writers of out Time. In  Beauty, she broadens her territory even  further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of  fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring  of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty,"  Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and  despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop  both enchanted and frightening, the story begins  with a wicked aunt’s curse that will afflict a young  woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday.  Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon  finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast  consequences. For it becomes clear that the  enchanted places of this fantastic world–a place not  unlike our own–are in danger and must be saved before  it is too late.

    About Beauty

    With the  critically acclaimed novels The Gate To  Women’s Country, Raising The Stones, and the  Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri  Tepper has established herself as one of the major  science fiction writers of out Time. In  Beauty, she broadens her territory even  further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of  fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring  of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty,"  Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and  despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop  both enchanted and frightening, the story begins  with a wicked aunt’s curse that will afflict a young  woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday.  Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon  finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast  consequences. For it becomes clear that the  enchanted places of this fantastic world–a place not  unlike our own–are in danger and must be saved before  it is too late.

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    About Sheri S. Tepper

    Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women’s Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow’s End. Grass was a New York Times Notable Book and Hugo Award nominee, and Beauty was voted Best Fantasy… More about Sheri S. Tepper

    About Sheri S. Tepper

    Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women’s Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow’s End. Grass was a New York Times Notable Book and Hugo Award nominee, and Beauty was voted Best Fantasy… More about Sheri S. Tepper

    About Sheri S. Tepper

    Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women’s Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow’s End. Grass was a New York Times Notable Book and Hugo Award nominee, and Beauty was voted Best Fantasy… More about Sheri S. Tepper

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Romance

    Mass Market Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Spectra
    Mar 01, 1992 | 480 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553295276

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Romance

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Broadway Books
    Jul 01, 1991 | 420 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780385419406

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Romance

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Spectra
    Dec 23, 2009 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9780307571939

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    Praise

    "Tepper is a  wise and compassionate narrator, and when it comes  to spinning a yarn that you don’t ever want to  stop reading, there are few better spinners than  she."–The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science  Fiction

    "Magnificent. . .This adult fairly tale  entertains and delivers a message in the best  tradition of the fantasy classics."–The  Denver Post.

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