Savage Her Reply author-Susan Kusel Izzy discovers long-buried secrets that

Izzy discovers long-buried secrets that come alive in an enchanted landscape of watermelon mountains

Map endpapers in green ink on deckled paper

Who reassure her that Earth isn't where she really belongs

and the extraordinary power of friendship

Or is this

Savage Her Reply author-Susan Kusel Izzy discovers long-buried secrets thatA feminist retelling of favourite Irish fairytale The Children of Lir. Afe marries Lir, a chieftain with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Afe turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Afe, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark, yet nuanced in its exploration of the guilt of a complex character.