The Grammar of Things in The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Fey, and Arcadia, and the grammar of things are at the core of Amal El-Mohtar's The River Has Roots . The threads that connect them all are the roots that bind two sisters together. Esther and Ysabel Hawthorne tend to the enchanted willows that feed off The River Liss, whose waters travel freely between mortal lands and Arcadia. The shadow of an uncertain future falls over the older Esther and Ysabel as the former is courted by a dull neighbour while her true feelings lie with a denizen of Arcadia, the ever