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In search of something to believe in once more, Signe Pike left behind a career in Manhattan to undertake a magical journey - literally. In a sweeping tour of Mexico, England, Ireland, Scotland and beyond, she takes readers to dark glens and abandoned forests, ancient sacred sites and local pubs, seeking people who might still believe in the elusive beings we call faeries. As Pike attempts to connect with the spirit world - and reconnect with her sense of wonder and purpose - she comes to view both herself and the world around her in a profoundly new light. Captivating, full of heart and unabashedly whimsical, Faery Tale is more than a memoir - it's the story of rekindling that spark of belief that makes even the most sceptical among us feel like a child again.

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Her discoveries are heartwarming and spellbinding. With a distinctive voice and elegant prose, Faery Tale captures the hopefulness of childhood and the magic of believing. Harper's Bazaar Pike went looking for enchantment; well, she found it, and she left its light and gracious footprints across every page of this delightful book. Jeanine Cummins, bestselling author of A Rip in Heaven Pike's enchanting journey into the land of the faeries is more than a memoir; it's an earnest search for what is real in a world that is filled with illusion, and what is true in a world that is filled with falsehood. It makes you smile, and it makes you think... Marianne Williamson

<p> Faery Tale is enchanting. <br> -A. J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically <p> Pike's wit, wisdom, and wide-eyed view of the world will help you to develop your own sense of traveler's whimsy. <br> - Women's Adventure Magazine <p> Faery Tale has given people so much-permission to explore, to question, and most of all to believe-not just in faeries, but in themselves, in each other, and in the rest of the world, both seen and unseen. We absolutely love this book. <br> -Brian and Wendy Froud, authors of The Heart of the Faerie Oracle and other works <p> A sparkling memoir of make-believe and real life. ... [Pike's] discoveries are heartwarming and spellbinding. With a distinctive voice and elegant prose, Faery Tale captures the hopefulness of childhood and the magic of believing. <br> - Harper's Bazaar <p> Pike writes of her various encounters with faery-believers and faery lands... in a winning voice that roams freely from mela

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Signe Pike was an editor at Penguin before leaving New York to write Faery Tale. Signe works as a freelance editor and writes full time in Charleston, South Carolina, where she is at work on her next non-fiction memoir. She lives with her husband, a mischievous black cat called Willoughby, and of course, their resident faeries.

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