<p>'It is the heart of this place and it is dying' says the Beast. And it is true; the center of the Beast's palace the glittering glasshouse that brings Beauty both comfort and delight in her strange new environment is filled with leafless brown rosebushes. But deep within this enchanted world new life at once subtle and strong is about to awaken. </p><p>Twenty years ago Robin McKinley enthralled listeners with the power of <i>Beauty</i>. Now this extraordinarily gifted novelist retells the story of Beauty and the Beast again - but in a totally new way with fresh perspective ingenuity and mature insight. In <i>Rose Daughter</i> she has written her finest and most deeply felt work a compelling richly imagined and haunting exploration of the transformative power of love.</p>