The marsh king's daughter
Book • 2017
The story follows Helena, known as the Marsh King's Daughter, who was hidden in the wilderness by her father after he kidnapped her mother.
Drawing on her survival skills from those years, she tracks him when he breaks free, navigating a tense cat-and-mouse game in the familiar marshlands.
Inspired by the author's own homesteading in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the novel explores themes of family, survival, and trauma, and was adapted into a 2023 film starring Daisy Ridley.
Drawing on her survival skills from those years, she tracks him when he breaks free, navigating a tense cat-and-mouse game in the familiar marshlands.
Inspired by the author's own homesteading in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the novel explores themes of family, survival, and trauma, and was adapted into a 2023 film starring Daisy Ridley.
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