Madelaine Before The Dawn by Sandrine Collette #literature Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard

Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a must have for book lovers and fans of the Broadway show or film Wicked who want to know the original story that inspire their favorite adaptation

Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox

and much more along the way

she finds herself increasingly entranced by Arabella and the secrets that poison her

TOWN & COUNTRY and OLDIE

Madelaine Before The Dawn by Sandrine Collette #literature Frank Baum's The Wonderful WizardA spellbinding tale of female defiance and rageIn a time outside time, in a world hemmed in by dark woods and silence, the villagers of Les Montes endure a life of hardship and submission. The land is stingy, the Lords are merciless, and for the village women, resistance is a futile dream. One day, a foundling appears at the edge of the forest. Madelaine grows up to be mysterious, magnetic, and shockingly adept with an axe. One day, she slaughters a