The Daughter of Odren

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eBook, 32 pages

English language

Published Oct. 12, 2014 by HMH Books for Young Readers.

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978-0-544-35838-6
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The Daughter of Odren is a short story of betrayal and revenge set in the world of Earthsea, in which Weed, the daughter of Lord Garnet, waits for the day she will have her father back.

For fourteen years, Weed, as she is called, the daughter of Lord Garnet, has brought offerings to the standing stone. Alone in a shallow valley, she implores the stone not to forget her. To remember who he is and the life he led. To wait until the day he will be avenged.

Now the day has finally arrived. After fourteen long years of waiting, he will have his revenge and she will have her father back. Or will she?

Master storyteller Ursula LeGuin takes readers back to Earthsea with this hauntingly beautiful story of betrayal and revenge.

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Ebook. A short story set in the world of Earthsea, although you don’t need to know the world to follow the story. I have to be careful reading LeGuin’s work now, as she has passed on and there is a limit to how much work of hers there is left for me to read. Here, LeGuin returns to writing about women in Earthsea.

Some of you may know that this was a struggle for her: to move away from male characters and figure out women’s roles in her own work. In this story, there is a stone that has a spirit in it. A woman visits it every day to feed it. She speaks of vengeance.

Why?
You read on to find out.