Among Others
Jo Walton
Fiction W176a
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.
Now, having fled to a father whom she barley knew, Mori is sent to
boarding school in England — a place all but devoid of true magic.
There, she tempts fate by doing magic herself, in an attempt to find a
circle of like-minded friends. But her magic attracts the attention of
her broken and malign mother, pulling Morwenna toward a reckoning that
will draw on everything she has learned in her years of engagement with
stories and books.
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