A Champagne Gothic! Three days after I was expelled from the Marable School for Girls, our poor Simon arrived. In the 1920s gothic comedy Uncommon Charm, bright young socialite Julia and shy Jewish magician Simon decide they aren't beholden to their families' unhappy history. Together they confront such horrors as murdered ghosts, alive children, magic philosophy, a milieu that slides far too easily into surrealist metaphor, and, worst of all, serious adult conversation.
Spirits and fairies and borrowed bodies. Bird oracles, volcano gods and young people who can revive the dead. A thousand year friendship, a shape shifting boy, and an obsession with Maria Callas. As we wait for the light of Spring to return, as we live each day looking for hope & beauty amidst the things that frighten us, stories are (and always have been, and always will be) our most steadfast companions. We hope that you enjoy these nine potent reminders, to mark the start of our ninth year.