Description:
A quirky, lyrical debut coming-of-age about a complex character curious about the numinous yet tied to a physical world steeped in political upheaval.
Brief description: Meg Richman wrote and directed Under Heaven (1998), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She is a retired English teacher who lives with her son and gentle giant of a dog in Seattle.
Review Quotes:
"An unlikely stunner! Freya the Deer comes across as a modern-day Grimm's tale read beneath a strobe light. Richman's self-possessed prose ensures that readers will face only their own judgments/opinions of autistic teens, Jewish ethics, contemporary paganism, and the Black Lives Matter movement in this important work."
-Stacey Levine, author of Mice 1961, American Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist
"Meg Richman's Freya the Deer introduces us to the unforgettable Freya, an atypical girl who, while on a quest to discover proof of the soul's existence, experiences the world in unusual and sometimes fantastical ways. A socially-conscious fairytale, Richman's poignant and sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age novel is a testament to the limitless boundaries of love."
-Zeeva Bukai, author of The Anatomy of Exile
Meg Richman's gorgeous, enticing prose is a siren calling us to a messy intersection of blind love, political righteousness, and uncompromising morality. Freya the Deer is a joy to read and a tantalizing knot I'll be untying for a long, long time."
-Patrick Flores-Scott, author of American Road Trip and No Going Back