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In-depth interview with Juliet Marillier at Writer Unboxed, where Juliet also blogs.A magnificent saga set in the Celtic twilight of 10th century Ireland, when myth was law and magic was a power of nature, brilliantly brought to life: the legendary story of an evil stepmother opposed by a seventh child.Ī wicked woman, an evil curse, and a love that must triumph over impossible odds.Interview with Juliet Marillier Archived at the Wayback Machine at Slow Glass Books shortly after Daughter of the Forest was published.Daughter of the Forest Archived at the Wayback Machine entry on official Juliet Marillier website.Daughter of the Forest was a finalist for the 2000 Aurealis Awards for Fantasy Novel.

Daughter of the Forest won the 2001 American Library Association Alex Award.

Sorcha must fend off the attacks of Richard as she works to save her brothers.Īwards and nominations While in Britain, Sorcha finds a new danger in the form of Lord Richard, Red's uncle. Sorcha stays with Red as she works on the shirts. Sorcha had nursed Simon back to health after his capture by Lord Colum. Red believes that Sorcha knows something about his brother, Simon. When Red returns to Britain, Sorcha accompanies him. Sorcha agrees to this and spends several years in the forest hiding as she works on the shirts.Īfter several years of hard work, Sorcha is saved from drowning by a British lord, Hugh of Harrowfield (known as "Red"). But she must not speak until the last one has been finished. The story is a twist on the classic tale of "The Six Swans." Sorcha learns that if she can spin six shirts from a painful plant she can free her brothers from the spell. Sorcha's brothers, however, have been turned into swans. Sorcha alone is able to flee into the forest and escape.

Her father's new wife, the Lady Oonagh, attacks Sorcha and her brothers. Having lost her mother at birth, Sorcha is almost ignored by her father. Sorcha, the seventh child of Irish Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, has been raised by her six older brothers. She must not speak until the task is finished. A girl must sew six shirts from a painful plant in order to save her brothers from a witch's curse. Daughter of the Forest is a fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier first published in 1999 It is based on " The Six Swans" (a story that has many versions, one of which is by the Brothers Grimm).