Maiden, Mother, Crone, Joanne Harris
Maiden, Mother, Crone, Joanne Harris
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Maiden, Mother, Crone
A Collection

Author: Joanne Harris

Narrator: David Rintoul, Joanne Harris

Unabridged: 13 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 11/16/2023

Synopsis

Join Joanne Harris on a beautiful journey through her gloriously reimagined take on traditional British folktales. Drawing inspiration from The Child Ballads, this collection brings together her award-winning novellas A Pocketful of Crows, The Blue Salt Road and Orfeia. Published in one beautiful volume for the first time, this collection also includes a brand new introduction by Joanne Harris, and three original short stories.

Take a moment and step into this stunning, evocative world where nature, magic and fate are inextricably linked, and one wrong - or right - step can lead you from the modern world and into an adventure filled with both danger and wonder.

About Joanne Harris

JOANNE HARRIS is an Anglo-French author, whose books include twenty novels, three cookbooks, and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology, and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an honorary fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE by the Queen.

About David Rintoul

David Rintoul has played leading parts with most of the major British theatre companies. Many television appearances include Darcy in the first BBC Pride and Prejudice. He frequently appears on radio and has recorded over a hundred audio books. At the time of recording he was playing Dr Jake Houseman in the original London cast of the smash-hit musical Dirty Dancing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Courtney (moyashi_girl) on January 15, 2024

I enjoyed Maiden, Mother, Crone. This is the second book I've read by Joanne Harris. The first was The Gospel of Loki, which I loved! I've actually been meaning to reread so I can read the sequel. Maiden, Mother, Crone is a collection of three novellas and a few short stories that are based on the Chi......more

Goodreads review by Tracey on January 06, 2024

This gorgeous illustrated hardback contains three novellas and a few short stories. Based on the Child ballads, the novellas explore folkloric ideas and are lush and compelling, though I felt at times they could have been lighter on atmospheric detail to give them a little more pace. But overall, an......more

Goodreads review by Emily on December 08, 2023

Beautiful book; beautiful collection of short stories and absolutely stunning illustrations. Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Claire on May 21, 2025

Considered rating it 2 ☆ for enjoyment, but it was themed well. I'm not the target audience as I don't tend to enjoy short stories, but I liked the title of this collection. I enjoyed the introduction in which Harris discusses subverting the original stories/tales and giving her female characters mo......more

Goodreads review by angelica on March 30, 2025

Some books are stories. Others are spells. Maiden, Mother, Crone is both. Joanne M. Harris has a way of writing that doesn’t just tell a tale—it transports you. With every page, I found myself slipping into the shadows of her world, watching its myths and whispers unfold as though I were part of them......more

Quotes

Orfeia is tragic, emotional, beautiful, thought-provoking, moving and poignant Bookmarks and Stages

This dreamy, melancholy novella is saturated with sacrifice, richness and a sense of layered worlds. Metro

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