{"product_id":"the-girl-who-heard-dragons","title":"The Girl Who Heard Dragons","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnne McCaffrey's dragons are the stuff of which SF\/fantasy legends are made. All of her dragon books for many years have been national bestsellers. She is one of the most popular writers ever in fantasy and science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Girl Who Heard Dragons is a feast for McCaffrey fans and for all readers - a big, satisfying compilation of her fiction never before collected in book form. Best of all, it opens with an original short novel of Pern, \"The Girl Who Heard Dragons.\" In addition, the book contains 24 beautiful black and white drawings by award-winning artist Michael Whelan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomance, humor, colorful description and affecting characters are Anne McCaffrey's hallmarks and the fifteen stories herein have these virtues in abundance. No wonder the Chicago Sun-Times described her as a \"master of the well-told tale.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Girl Who Heard Dragons\" is the story of Aramina, a teenage girl of Pern who hears dragons - a skill which does not seem likely to help solve her family's problems. They are \"holdless,\" and must constantly roam the land, trying to hide from bandits. Aramina's mother fears losing her daughter completely to the life of a dragonrider, but McCaffrey has another fate in mind for her young heroine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourteen other stories - all just as good - are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVelvet Fields\u003cbr\u003eEuterpe on a Fling\u003cbr\u003eDuty Calls\u003cbr\u003eA Sleeping Humpty Dumpty Beauty\u003cbr\u003eThe Mandalay Cure\u003cbr\u003eA Flock of Geese\u003cbr\u003eThe Greatest Love\u003cbr\u003eA Quiet One\u003cbr\u003eIf Madam Likes You...\u003cbr\u003eZulei, Grace, Nimshi and the Damnyankee\u003cbr\u003eCinderella Switch\u003cbr\u003eHabit Is an Old Horse\u003cbr\u003eLady-in-Waiting\u003cbr\u003eThe Bones Do Lie\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folded Corner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59553219805470,"sku":"0812510992","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/4018\/5118\/files\/9780812510997.jpg?v=1783296849","url":"https:\/\/readfoldedcorner.com\/products\/the-girl-who-heard-dragons","provider":"Folded Corner Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}