Still, this heady mix of fairy tale, magic and romance has the power to exhilarate. Action-minded readers may wish for more narrative zip: dazzling though they are, the novel's lavishly imagined descriptions can be fairly slow going (''The butterflies converged in great shimmering, radiant clouds, and their wings flickered as they crowded together, and it was as if they were tiny fractured prisms, instead of butterflies, throwing off sparks of all the colours of the rainbow''). Her mother was beautiful, dashing, the toast of the town. It was also her only clear memory of her mother. ISBN: 978-1-4976-7369-4 CHAPTER 1 Her earliest memory was of waking from the dream. Read 1,275 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Rose Daughter By Robin McKinley OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA Copyright 1997 Robin McKinleyAll rights reserved. Once upon a time an enchanting young woman named Beauty nurtured a. Read 1,275 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley: 9780441013999 : Books The New York Times bestselling author of Sunshine and Hero and the Crown presents a beautiful retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Beauty's visit home is here prompted by not just loneliness but also a puzzling legend and a series of disturbing visions. Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley Rose Daughter book. Similarly, when Beauty arrives at Beast's enchanted palace and discovers that his roses are dying, she sets to work and-with the help of some unicorn dung and the garden-friendly animals that flock back to the formerly barren land-restores their bloom. For example, Beauty's formerly haughty older sisters-fearless Lionheart and witty Jeweltongue-learn to relish their humble new life in a rural cottage while Beauty tends the cottage's gardens and brings its thickets of magical roses back to life. As before, McKinley takes the essentials of the traditional tale and embellishes them with vivid and quirky particulars.

This time the adventure unfolds at a more leisurely pace and revolves mostly around gardening, especially the raising of roses. Nearly 20 years after the publication of Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, Newbery Medalist McKinley returns to a tale she obviously loves and tells it once again.