01811cam a2200277 4500 1671114528 TxAuBib 20241023120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781728271729 172827172X 0030143211 Axis360 TxAuBib Hyder, Liz. The Gifts [Boundless]. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2023. "Remarkable...for fans of fantasy-inflected historicals such as Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent." —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review"A sumptuous reading experience." —BookPageIt will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are...October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders.In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger . . .The Gifts is an astonishing novel, a spellbinding tale told through five different perspectives and set against the luminous backdrop of nineteenth century London, it explores science, nature and religion, enlightenment, the role of women in society and the dark danger of ambition. Format: Blio. FICTION / Gothic; FICTION / Magical Realism; FICTION / Fantasy / Historical. General Adult. Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-10-23 20:00:03. Fiction fast Fantasy Historical. Fiction fast Magical Realism. Fiction fast Gothic. https://fpltx.boundless.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0030143211 TXFLO