Girl with Glass Feet, (Paperback)

from Litfan

Ali Shaw's novel takes place in the winter on the snow-covered islands of St. Hauda's land. It's no ordinary archipelago, and it almost becomes a character itself. The novel begins with Ida Maclaird meeting Midas Crook, a photographer who experiences the world through his pictures but carefully r...

from diovival

This was truly a joy to read! Magical. Haunting. Tragic. Beautiful. The Girl with Glass Feet does not disappoint. It's filled with rich descriptions that bring the fictional archipelago of St. Hauda's Land to life. I could close my eyes and see this place. I could imagine its stark wintry landsca...

from ursula

This wasn't at all what I expected from the beginning. I had a hard time getting into it at first - I think it just takes a little time to adjust to the style of magic realism of the story. I like magic realism, and the idea that a writer can just give the reader a world where the unexpected can ...

from bookwormygirl

Ida MacLaird visited St. Hauda's island a year ago. There she met a man named Henry Fuwa who spoke of creatures such as the moth-winged cattle and a beast whose glance could turn anything to pure white. When the tips of her toes begin to turn to glass, she can think of no other person that can he...

from missizicks

This was quite an easy read. I didn't warm to it at first, the style seemed quite mundane, like so much other writing that makes you wonder occasionally who people know in order to be published. But it turned into an interesting allegory for dysfunction and emotional illiteracy and the need to se...