The Capital of Dreams

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Pub Date Sep 10 2024 | Archive Date Sep 09 2024
HarperCollins Canada | HarperCollins Publishers

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A breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O’Neill

Fourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and fairies who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. No one, from the clarinetists to the cabaret singers, is as revered as Sofia’s brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can Sofia, with a tin ear and an enduring love of the old myths, ever hope to win her mother’s love?

When the country’s greatest enemy invades, and the Capital is under threat, at last Clara turns to her daughter. Sofia must smuggle her new manuscript to safety on the last train evacuating children from the city. But the train draws to a suspicious halt in the middle of a forest, and Sofia runs for her life, losing her mother’s most prized possession. Frightened and alone in a country at war, Sofia must find a way to reclaim what she has lost. On an epic journey through woods and razed towns, colliding with soldiers, survivors and other lost children, Sofia must make the choice between kindness and survival.

In this stunning dark fairy tale of a novel, Heather O’Neill reveals once again her mastery of language that is as delicious as cake and as serious as a gunshot.

A breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O’Neill

Fourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its...


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ISBN 9781443451604
PRICE CA$34.99 (CAD)
PAGES 368

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