to a wicked stepmother's curse. Banished from the
I love this story: the imagery is potent and poignant at once. A princess loses her eleven brothers to a wicked stepmother's curse. Banished from the castle, she sets out to find them, discovering that they've taken on the form of swans. In order to break the curse, she must remain voiceless and spin poisonous nettles into magical coats to grant each brother new life...