After the Forest / Kell Woods.
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TextPublisher: Gadigal Country ; [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Harper Voyager, 2023Description: 371 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781460762028 :Uniform titles: Hansel and Gretel English. Subject(s): Hansel and Gretel (Tale) -- Fiction | Magic -- Fiction | Witches -- FictionSummary: Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour.A drop of blood to bind its power.1650: The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their father and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people recovering in the aftermath of a brutal war.Greta has a secret, though: the witch's grimoire, secreted away and whispering in her ear, and the recipe inside that makes the most sinfully delicious - and addictive - gingerbread. As long as she can bake, Greta can keep her small family afloat.But in a village full of superstition, Greta and her intoxicating gingerbread is a source of ever-growing suspicion and vicious gossip.And now, dark magic is returning to the woods and Greta's own power - magic she is still trying to understand - may be the only thing that can save her ...If it doesn't kill her first.
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Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour.A drop of blood to bind its power.1650: The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their father and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people recovering in the aftermath of a brutal war.Greta has a secret, though: the witch's grimoire, secreted away and whispering in her ear, and the recipe inside that makes the most sinfully delicious - and addictive - gingerbread. As long as she can bake, Greta can keep her small family afloat.But in a village full of superstition, Greta and her intoxicating gingerbread is a source of ever-growing suspicion and vicious gossip.And now, dark magic is returning to the woods and Greta's own power - magic she is still trying to understand - may be the only thing that can save her ...If it doesn't kill her first.
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