{"product_id":"9781399825207-the-shapeshifters-daughter","title":"The Shapeshifter's Daughter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA powerful reimagining of the Norse myth of Hel of the underworld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe spellbinding retelling of the Norse myth of Hel, the Goddess of the Underworld, set in the magical landscape of Orkney, from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sally Magnusson. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 2025***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE***\u003cbr\u003e'Perfect to read whilst curled up by the fire demanding people bring you hot tea and biscuits to dunk' Sara Cox, \u003ci\u003eRadio 2 Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most imaginative and ambitious books I have read all year' \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magical in every sense' \u003ci\u003eSaga Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A heart-rending opus on love, death and change' \u003ci\u003eHerald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing, on earth or below it,  freezes faster than the worthless heart.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply \u003cb\u003eHel\u003c\/b\u003e. But cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel's fate as the terrible goddess of death is sealed. Half beauty, half crone, she has reigned for aeons in the starless darkness of Niflheim, grimly welcoming the most pitiful of death's travellers to her ice-locked prison. Until one day a memory shifts, and she is forced to seek out the sun in Midgard, where humans have made their home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, \u003cb\u003eHelen Firth\u003c\/b\u003e makes the impulsive decision to return to Orkney after forty years to make peace with her past. Under the wintering solstice sun, she reconnects with the ungainly but affable Thorfinn Coffin, who helps her address the real reason she has returned to the islands: to die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Helen draws closer to death and ever closer to Thorfinn, Hel in turn is intrigued by Helen. She, too, has a past to confront and a lesson to learn: that perhaps who she believes herself to be isn't who she really is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful reimagining of the Norse myth of Hel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shapeshifter's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the joy of reclaiming our stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55626715693430,"sku":"9781399825207","price":12.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36020909.jpg?v=1757557839","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399825207-the-shapeshifters-daughter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}