For the first time in Russian – the newest book by Jennifer Donnelly, author of “Tea Rose” and “The Saga of Water and Fire”, winner of the Carnegie Medal. One day, Isabel and Octavia locked their half-sister Ella-Cinderella-Cinderella in the attic and almost lay down to their bones to fit into the glass slipper. We all know how it ended. Now the three Fates - the maiden, the mother and the old woman - draw priceless cards with a feather from the wing of a black swan, each of which contains a human life. But then Risk, aka Excitement, aka Chance, dark-skinned and amber-eyed, steals Isabelle’s card. He believes that Isabelle will find the strength to change her destiny and decide her own destiny. After all, even an evil sister must be given a chance to improve... “Before us is the story of the Brothers Grimm, retold in the language not of Walt Disney, but of Neil Gaiman. A worthy player in a field where only Stardust once shone." (Wellesley Books).