SNOW WHITE & ROSE RED / A TALE OF TWO SISTERS
Escape into an enchanted land. Look past the thorns to the magic that draws you in.
Liz and Mary, Thanksgiving Point, 2000
Liz and Mary, 2000
Sisters 2021
Mary and Liz, 2021
Twenty years ago, Mary and Liz got deeply involved in the idea of someday living next to each other, with a shared garden space connecting their houses. You can see us discussing our plans in the picture to the left.
All grown up, though we do not live next to each other (or even in the same state), this is our virtual space to bring that to life. Now you can visit each of us, and our fairy tale garden that connects us.
We are sisters, writers, and lovers of fairy-tale.
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Enchanted Garden Book Club on Hiatus
Elizabeth has been dealing with some chronic health problems. Therefore the Enchanted Garden Book Club is on temporary hiatus. We will resume once she is feeling well! Can't do book club without her. We wish her the best of health and send our love.
Enchanted Garden
Elizabeth Reviews: The Bone Spindle
The Bone Spindleby Leslie VedderGenre: YA Fantasy, Fairy-Tale AdaptationFirst published 2022 That night she dreamed of a white stone tower thronged in roses....The room inside the tower was equally overgrown, but here the roses were bloodred. The...
Mary
Mary Reviews: Vassa in the Night
Vassa in the Night is a modern retelling of the Russian tale Vasillissa the Beautiful. It is a Baba Yaga story. In this case, the chicken hut is instead a chain of convenience stores. I loved that the saying to get into the chicken hut is turned into a store jingle that customers still have to say to get the store to kneel. I like the idea of a bright orange store with chicken feet. The BY is open all night long, and those nights keep getting longer.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Reviews: Unmasking Autism
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversityby Devon Price, PHDGenre: NonfictionFirst published 2022 The process of unmasking is all about rethinking the beliefs and behaviors that seemed normal prior to discovering we were Autistic. It means...