Tender Morsels

Tender Morsels

Author	Margo Lanagan
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	novel
Publisher	Allen & Unwin, Australia
Publication date	2008
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	362
ISBN	9781741147964
Followed by	Sea Hearts

Tender Morsels (2008) is a novel by Australian author Margo Lanagan. It won the Ditmar Award in 2009 for Best Novel and was joint winner of the 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

Plot summary

Based on the Brothers Grimm story of "Snow White and Rose Red", this novel tells the story of 15-year-old motherless Liga, abused by her father, and pregnant with her second child - the first being forcibly miscarried. As she attempts to take her own life she is transported to a magical place, a haven from the real world where she is safe from threat. But the membrane separating her new world from her old begins to rupture.

Notes

Dedication: For my sisters, Susi, Jude and Amanda.

Reviews

Meg Rosoff in The Guardian found that "Tender Morsels, by the Australian author Margo Lanagan, is funny, tragic, wise, tender and beautifully written. It also left me gasping with shock."^[1]
Van Ikin in The Sydney Morning Herald argues that the novel is "a towering work of imagination in which a supremely talented writer opens rich new frontiers."^[2]

Awards and nominations

2008 shortlisted Shirley Jackson Award — Novel
2008 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Best Novel
2009 winner Ditmar Award - Best Novel
2009 joint winner World Fantasy Award - Best Novel
2009 honour book Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
2009 finalist Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel

References

World Fantasy Award—Novel

1975–2000	The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip (1975) Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson (1976) Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle (1977) Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber (1978) Gloriana by Michael Moorcock (1979) Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980) The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (1981) Little, Big by John Crowley (1982) Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea (1983) The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford (1984) Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (1985, tie) Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (1985, tie) Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (1986) Perfume by Patrick Suskind (1987) Replay by Ken Grimwood (1988) Koko by Peter Straub (1989) Lyonesse: Madouc by Jack Vance (1990) Only Begotten Daughter by James K. Morrow (1991, tie) Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (1991, tie) Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon (1992, tie) Last Call by Tim Powers (1993) Glimpses by Lewis Shiner (1994) Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow (1995) The Prestige by Christopher Priest (1996) Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack (1997) The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford (1998) The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich (1999) Thraxas by Martin Scott (2000)

2001–present	Declare by Tim Powers (2001, tie) Galveston by Sean Stewart (2001, tie) The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (2002) The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce (2003, tie) Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip (2003, tie) Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (2004) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005) Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006) Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (2007) Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (2008) The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford (2009, tie) Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (2009, tie) The City & the City by China Miéville (2010) Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (2011) Osama by Lavie Tidhar (2012) Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (2013) A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar (2014) The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (2015)

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