In novel after novel, and story after story, de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city--and a young artist named Jilly--to vivid life.
But life has just forced Jilly to stop..
She\'s very, very good at running.
A hollow girl.
Just a broken child.
Pull back the layers of my life, and you won\'t find anything at the core.
I\'m the Onion girl, Jilly Coppercorn says.
And that past is coming to claim her now.
Now, at last, de Lint tells Jilly\'s own story...for behind the painter\'s fey charm lies a dark secret and a past she\'s labored to forget.
At the center of all the entwined lives in Newford stands a young artist named Jilly Coppercorn, with her tangled hair, her paint-splattered jeans, a smile perpetually on her lips--Jilly, whose paintings capture the hidden beings that dwell in the city\'s shadows.
Newford: where magic lights dark streets; where myths walk clothed in modern shapes; where a broad cast of extraordinary and affecting people work to keep the whole world turning. 2017 Aurora Awards Best of the Decade Finalist In novel after novel, and story after story, Charles de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city to vivid life. for behind the painter\'s fey charm lies a dark secret and a past she\'s labored to forget. . .
Now de Lint tells Jilly\'s own story .
In novel after novel, and story after story, de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city--and a young artist named Jilly--to vivid life
