Daughter of the Forest (2001) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Sorcha: The youngest of seven children. She is tasked by the Fair Folk to save her brothers from the curse of the Lady Oonagh.
• Liam: Eldest brother, a natural leader who will one day become cheiftan of Sevenwaters.
• Diarmid: Second eldest brother, a fierce warrior with a gentle side toward his dog, Linn. Taken advantage of by the enchantress, thus later seeks revenge.
• Cormack: Twin brother to Conor, also a fervent warrior
• Conor: Twin brother to Cormack, a scholarly man who trains to be a druid
• Finbar: Second to youngest brother, has the ability to communicate with Sorcha mind to mind.
• Padraic: Youngest brother, an adventurer who excels at creating objects and healing animals
• Lady Oonagh: The second marriage of Lord Colum. A woman capable of bewitchment.
• Hugh of Harrowfield (Red): A Briton Sorcha meets in the forest of Sevenwaters whom protects her with every fiber of his being.
• Lord Colum: Cheiftan and Sevenwaters and father, falls under the spell of Lady Oonagh
• Niamh: First wife of Lord Colum, dies during childbirth while having Sorcha
• Simon: The jealous brother of Hugh, briefly held captive at Sevenwaters and taken care of the healer, Sorcha.
• Lady Anne: Red's mother, whom does not approve of the mute enemy her son has brought home and sworn to protect.
• Richard: Lady Anne's awful brother.

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• “Real life is not quite as it is in stories. In the old tales, bad things happen, and when the tale has unfolded and come to its triumphant conclusion, it is as if the bad things had never been. Life is not as simple as that, not quite.”

  Sorcha

• “You know not, yet, the sort of love that strikes like a lightning bolt; that clutches hold of you by the heart, as irrevocably as death; that becomes the lodestar by which you steer the rest of your life. I would not wish such a love on anyone, man or woman, for it can make your life a paradise, or it can destroy you utterly”

  Father Brien

• “There is no good or evil, save in the way you see the world. There is no dark or light save in your own vision. All changes in the blink of an eyelid; yet all remains the same.”

  Conor

• “There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one of them different.”

  Red

• “Our strength comes from that magic, from the earth and the sky, from the fire and the water. Fly high, swim deep, give back to the earth what she gives you.”

  Niamh

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Sevenwaters: Sorcha and her family live there which is surrounded by seven rivers and a forest of trees.
• Fair Folk
• Forest
• Bryn
• Islands
• Isha
• Lord Hugh

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Swan: Describe this theme.
• Silence

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Son of the Shadows.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Juliet Marillier (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Alex Awards (2001)
• Le Prix Imaginales (2010: Best Novel in Translation)
• Romance Writers of Australia Award (Finalist, 2000: Romantic Novel of the Year)
• Aurealis Award (Finalist, 1999: Achievements of Australian science fiction and fantasy writers)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PR9619.3.M26755 D3 2000
• Dewey: 823.92

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Some violence -- see spoiler note for details

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Dark
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Historical

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