This unusual East meets West family saga presents motherhood as both a blessing and a curse. Right the way through to the end, I was trying to figure out what was real and what was perceived or imagined. Ultimately, it's a dark and intriguing novel, rich in both language and detail. Would appeal to someone who enjoys either fantasy or contemporary fiction or alternatively to a reader of traditional family stoires who is looking for a change.
After I had found him so, I went home and burned my wolf hood .... My mother watched but said nothing.
I would never have to feel her eyes again.