"[Elizabeth] Garner writes of myth with lyricism and sensitivity, she is steeped in the gift for being able to control the surreal with startling force."--Amanda Craig, The Times "Her boy was born with eyes the colour of chestnuts, skin as soft as butter and his hair was coppice-copper bright. He was well-loved by both his mother and his father and they named him Johnnie..." Folk tales take us beyond our own boundaries into unknown lands...