The wood at midwinter

Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees - and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure appears in their midst, and the path of her life is changed forever. from the universe of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Wood at Midwinter is an enchanted and enchanting Christmas story from one of the greatest imaginations writing today. Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint Guardian "Miraculous and luminous' Madeline Miller