Willful Creatures - Aimee Bender

"Contemporary fairy tales, cushioned by goofy humor and a deep tenderness for her characters, that aren't always as dark or as sinister as they initially appear." --The New York Times Book Review

Aimee Bender's Willful Creatures conjures a fantastical world in which authentic
love blooms. This is a place where a boy with keys for fingers is a hero, a woman's
children are potatoes, and a little boy with an iron for a head is born to a family
of pumpkin heads. With her singular mix of surrealism, musical prose, and keenly
felt emotion, Bender once again proves herself to be a masterful chronicler of the
human condition.