{"title":"Sheri S. Tepper","description":"Sheri S. Tepper (1929-2016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women's Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow's End. Grass was a New York Times Notable Book and Hugo Award nominee, and Beauty was voted Best Fantasy Novel by the readers of Locus magazine.","products":[{"product_id":"the-margarets-paperback","title":"The Margarets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe myriad alien civilizations populating far, distant worlds have many good reasons to detest the blight called \"humankind\" . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only human child living in a work colony on the Martian satellite Phobos, little Margaret Bain has invented six imaginary companions to keep boredom and loneliness at bay. Each an extension of her personality, they are lost to her when she is forced to return to Earth. But they are not gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe time will come when Margaret, fully grown and wed, must leave this dying world as well--this Earth so denuded by thoughtlessness and chemistry that its only viable export is slaves. For now Margarets are scattered throughout the galaxy. And their creator must bring her selves home . . . or watch the human race perish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103725916383,"sku":"9780061170690","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FhpqPHRzJA9780061170690.webp?v=1781097512"},{"product_id":"beauty-paperback-1","title":"Beauty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eThe Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Hugo-nominated \u003ci\u003eGrass\u003c\/i\u003e, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In \u003ci\u003eBeauty\u003c\/i\u003e, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as \"Sleeping Beauty,\" Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop both enchanted and frightening, the story begins with a wicked aunt's curse that will afflict a young woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday. Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast consequences. For it becomes clear that the enchanted places of this fantastic world--a place not unlike our own--are in danger and must be saved before it is too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the critically acclaimed novels \"The Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and the Hugo-nominated \"Grass, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In \"Beauty, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as \"Sleeping Beauty,\" Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop both enchanted and frightening, the story begins with a wicked aunt's curse that will afflict a young woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday. Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast consequences. For it becomes clear that the enchanted places of this fantastic world--a place not unlike our own--are in danger and must be saved before it is too late. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104470208735,"sku":"9780385419406","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/z0Ukw0TT_i9780385419406.webp?v=1781108380"},{"product_id":"grass-paperback","title":"Grass - Paperback","description":"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104782586079,"sku":"9780553762464","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ImAay38csE9780553762464.webp?v=1781111308"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/sheri-s-tepper.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}