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Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at
once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled
childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of
modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient
enchantment.

Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found
refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the
spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind found freedom
and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions.
Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced
to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled--and her twin
sister dead.

Fleeing to her father whom she barely knew, Mori was sent to boarding
school in England-a place all but devoid of true magic. There, outcast
and alone, she tempted fate by doing magic herself, in an attempt to find
a circle of like-minded friends. But her magic also drew the attention of
her mother, bringing about a reckoning that could no longer be put off...

Combining elements of autobiography with flights of imagination in the
manner of novels like Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude, this is
potentially a breakout book for an author whose genius has already been
hailed by peers like Kelly Link, Sarah Weinman, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

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