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In der Welt von ´Ash´ sind Feen eine uralte Rasse, die sich zwischen den Lebenden und den Toten, der Realität und der Magie bewegen können.
Während Ash, eine Waise, im Haus ihrer Stiefmutter aufwächst und dort wie eine Sklavin behandelt wird, beginnt sie zu begreifen, dass ihre verstorbene Mutter im Einklang mit den Feen lebte, und dass auch sie selber die Gabe hat, Feen zu sehen. Wird ihr diese Gabe helfen, ein besseres Leben zu finden?

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The haunting, romantic lesbian retelling of Cinderella and modern queer classic by award-winning author Malinda Lo--now with an introduction by Holly Black, a letter from the author, a Q&A, and more!

In the wake of her father´s death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted. The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King´s Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Their friendship, as delicate as a new bloom, reawakens Ash´s capacity for love--and her desire to live. But Sidhean has already claimed Ash for his own, and she must make a choice between fairy tale dreams and true love. Entrancing and empowering, Ash beautifully unfolds the connections between life and love, and solitude and death, where transformation can come from even the deepest grief.

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"A rich and darkly moving tale I couldn´t put down. Malinda Lo is an exciting and welcome new voice in YA."-Meg Cabot, bestselling author of The Princess Diaries series

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Malinda Lo is the critically acclaimed author of Ash, Huntress, Adaptation, Inheritance, and A Line in the Dark. Ash, a lesbian retelling of Cinderella, was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and was a Kirkus Best Book for Children and Teens. She has been a three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Malinda´s nonfiction has been published by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Toast, The Horn Book, and AfterEllen. She lives with her partner in Massachusetts. She invites you to visit her online at www.malindalo.com .

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