Her punishment was to be turned into an owl. Blodeuwedd betrayed her husband Lleu with another man, Gronw, whom she persuaded to kill her husband. The story has themes of love and betrayal, and is based on the legend of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion, a woman made from flowers by King Math and the magician Gwydion as a bride for a cursed man who may not marry a human woman. Teenagers Alison, Gwyn and Roger somehow unlock that power and have to deal with the consequences. The valley contains an ancient, mysterious power. Tags 6degrees 20 Books of Summer 1001 Books Africa America Art Australia Autobiography Biography Black culture Black history Blogging about blogging Book review Britain Canada Comedy Crime Dystopia Economics England Fantasy Feminism Film France Germany Graphic novel Historical fiction History Horror Humour Independent Publisher India Influx Press Italy Japan Journalism LGBTQ London Mental health Meta Music Mystery New York Paris Philosophy Picture Prompt Book Bingo Poetry Politics Psychology Racism Randomness Religion Russia Science Science Fiction SciFi Scotland Short stories Six Degrees of Separation Sociology Spain Speculative fiction Sweden Thriller Tokyo Translation Travel United Kingdom USA Wales War Women's Prize for Fiction Women in translation Women in translation month Women read womenĪlan Garner’s The Owl Service is set in a Welsh valley not far from Aberystwyth.
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