Description
A young mother, Bella Winter, flees cruelty and finds a fragile kind of safety in the ordinary rhythms of work, love, and care—running an antique shop, building a life for herself, and raising her daughter with steady devotion. Yet her family’s tenderness is constantly tested by the judgment and racism of 20th-century Britain, where even innocence becomes a target and belonging is never guaranteed. Reworking a Brothers Grimm tale with Comyns’s distinctive, unsettling clarity, the novel blends fairy-tale dread with matter-of-fact realism, turning hardship into a haunting meditation on survival. At its heart are themes of autonomy, motherhood, and the ways love can both wound and endure—told in a voice that is unsentimental, luminous, and deeply heartbreaking.
Available Editions
paperback
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Published Mar 13, 1986
192 pages
ISBN: 9780413591807
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns.