Rose Daughter, Robin McKinley
Rose Daughter, Robin McKinley
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Rose Daughter

Author: Robin McKinley

Narrator: Bianca Amato

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/28/2013


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Sunshine and The Hero and the Crown presents a beautiful retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

When their father’s business fails, a young woman named Beauty and her two sisters leave their fine house in the city and move to a tiny cottage far away from everything they’ve ever known. The neglected cottage is engulfed by the long thorny stems of some unknown plant. Beauty patiently tends to them, and when, the following summer, the mysterious flowers are the most beautiful things the sisters have ever seen, an old woman tells Beauty: “Roses are for love. Not silly sweethearts’ love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole … There’s an old folk-tale that there aren’t many roses around any more because they need more love than people have to give them to make them flower …”

When Beauty takes her father’s place in the terrifying beast’s palace, she discovers that his beloved rose garden is dying; and because she needs something to do to distract her from missing her family, because she loves roses—and because she pities the Beast—she determines to bring it back to life …

“[A] heady mix of fairy tale, magic, and romance … dazzling … has the power to exhilarate.”—Publishers Weekly

About Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown, a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine. Her other books include the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; Deerskin, another novel-length fairy-tale retelling, of Charles Perrault's Donkeyskin; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Keri on 2008-07-31 13:06:28

Not a great one. I was hoping for a new interpretation of the classic but alas, there was nothing new here. It seems as though McKinley took the original tale of Sleeping Beauty and then just stuffed in lots of adjectives to stretch it into novel length. I found myself getting bored and skim reading during the stories climactic moments.

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on October 01, 2015

This is Robin McKinley's second take on the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. I'm a lifelong fan of McKinley, but this book was my first indication that her writing style might be headed in a direction that is, shall we say, less accessible to the average reader. I've read Rose Daughter twice, severa......more

Goodreads review by Anne on December 17, 2022

2.5 stars The first half wasn't that bad.... Actually, mid-way through this book, I thought it was pretty good, and I was sure that this one was going to end up wrangling 4 or 5 stars out of me. Oh well, I've been wrong before. Several things happened that lowered my enjoyment level down to nothing, a......more

Goodreads review by Angie on March 25, 2011

I talk about my love for Robin McKinley's books a lot. I know everyone's read Beauty. It was her first book. It's essentially a classic of fairy tale retellings now. And I love it and will always love it for giving me a Beauty who was not beautiful and avoided mirrors at all cost and a Beast with a......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on April 01, 2012

I read this book as a teenager but retained no memory of it. After reading it again, I know why. McKinley says in the afterward that she chose to revisit the Beauty and Beast story because she had more to say, especially about roses. Well, that's about all she has to say in this book. Lots about gar......more

Goodreads review by Jean on February 21, 2023

Like sitting down in a woodland glen to be told a magical story by a fairy tale witch.......more