Grace and Theo and Caryn tear through the kitchen with Lancelot bounding behind them. The room echoes with laughter, and I wonder: if Lena was the bad fairy surrounding our home with bloody thorns, maybe family and friends have broken the spell at last. Now our real story, a better one, begins.

Also available by Sarah Warburton

Also available by Sarah Warburton

Once Two Sisters

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Sarah Warburton is the oldest of four sisters, raised in Virginia, and an avid reader and knitter. She has a B.A. in Latin from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in classics from the University of Georgia and another from Brown. Sarah has worked at independent bookstores--Page One Books in Albuquerque and Books on the Square in Providence--and spent ten years as a writer, which led her to become lead editor for UpClose Magazine. Her short story “Margaret’s Magnolia” appeared in Southern Arts Journal, and her Pushcart prize nominated story “Survival English” appeared in Oyster River Page. Now she lives with her family--husband, son, daughter, and hound dog--in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia.