JM: HEIR TO SEVENWATERS is a stand-alone novel but shares the same setting as my first series, the Sevenwaters Trilogy. Q: What would you like people to know about the story itself? The great strength of the protagonist, Clodagh (that’s pronounced kloh-da) is her capacity to accept difference – something not all the characters are so ready to do. A storyteller named Willow tells three tales near the beginning, but the characters listening are slow to pick up the fact that this is more than after-supper entertainment. It also includes something quite dear to my heart, the power of storytelling to help people solve real life problems. There are several strands dealing with the relationship between parent and child. JM: HEIR TO SEVENWATERS has a theme of identity and alienation. We’re eager to learn more about her new work and happy she took time out for this Take Five interview. Juliet, who’s also a valued contributor here at WU, is known not only for the uniquely detailed worlds she creates in her epic fantasies–featuring her signature blend of well-researched mythology and magical realism–but for her mellifluous prose and characters that all but breathe through the page. release of internationally acclaimed and best-selling novelist Juliet Marillier’s latest work, Heir to Sevenwaters.
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