Amanda McNeil

Bloemetje: A Speculative Retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina Fairy Tale (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Dutch company known as The Bedrijf commences colonizing Venus via the construction of a dome filled with plants that convert its natural air into something breathable by humans. Since all workers are granted permission to bear a child, a woman and her spouse join the crew. But the woman soon discovers she is plagued with infertility. When her spouse illegally brings home a tulip from the garden, they discover a miniature baby inside who they name Bloemetje - little bloom. As the baby grows in mere days into a teenager, pushing her boundaries, she illuminates the true horrors of colonization and leads them all on a journey to decolonize.

This retelling takes the original Thumbelina's focus on marriage and flips it on its head, granting the miniature girl a strong voice of her own and questioning her removal from the fairy world. Exploring themes of childlessness, adoption, being childfree by choice, colonization, decolonization, negative impacts of capitalism, and what LGBTQIA+ inclusive societies can look like, this novelette comes in 17 bite-sized episodes perfect for reading in the small snippets of time available to modern individuals and families.

Early readers called this "transporting" and "intriguing." The "journey is beautiful," and the ending is "deeply satisfying." "A great escape read that also made me think, and it's both quick and engrossing."

*A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, a Native American-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amanda McNeil
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798201258016
• Artikelnr.: 70152990

Autorenporträt

Amanda McNeil (she/her) is a queer woman who writes scifi and fantasy. Her work has been featured in Decoded Pride, Solarpunk Magazine, and Crow & Cross Keys. She has also published two novellas - Waiting for Daybreak (a woman finding sobriety while surviving the zombie apocalypse) and Bloemetje (a space fantasy, queer-inclusive retelling of Thumbelina). She currently lives in New England in the United States with her husband and their talkative tortie. You may find her online at opinionsofawolf.com/publications.