Rebecca Podos crea historias evocadoras y atmosféricas que a menudo profundizan en las complejidades de la identidad y los secretos familiares. Su prosa es aguda y lírica, tejiendo suspenso con una profunda perspicacia emocional. Podos explora temas de amor, pérdida y la búsqueda del propio lugar en el mundo con una madurez y empatía notables. Sus narrativas resuenan en los lectores por su honestidad y perspectiva única sobre la experiencia de crecer.
Rebecca Podos, Lambda Award-winning author of Like Water, returns with a contemporary Jewish fantasy of enduring love, unfathomable loss, and the power of stories to hold us together when it seems that nothing else can. Hannah's whole life has been spent in motion.
Set in a whimsical world of cottagecore charm, the story follows Yael Clauneck, a reluctant heir to a wealthy family, who escapes a stifling future to seek adventure. Margot Greenwillow, a struggling plant witch, unexpectedly reunites with Yael, offering them a job in her greenhouse. As they bond over shared dreams and flirtation, Margot secretly plots to reclaim her family's lost fortune, while both face the challenges posed by their families' expectations and their deepening feelings for each other.