Bernard de Cressac, a wealthy Frenchman who transported an ancient abbey stone-by-stone from Europe to Mississippi, and so the story takes place in a huge castle-like house with rambling rooms and mysterious ruins in the garden. She chooses to set the tale in the American South, before the Civil War. It’s a disturbing fairy tale, and Nickerson gives her novel all the creepiness of the original, if not more. Strands of Bronze and Gold is a lush, gothic retelling of the Bluebeard story. “Sir!” I snatched my hand back and fumbled to replace my mitt. And just a little sticky with juice.” He cast me a mischievous glance and raised my fingers to his lips. He held my naked hand then, turning it, stroking and studying it, as if it were of unusual interest. This time, however, he began to peel off my black lace mitt, finger by finger. “It’s delicious, but I can’t finish it,” I said finally, laying the half-eaten peach on my plate.
Instead, he watched while I ate, as if it gave him pleasure to see me bite and chew. My godfather didn’t obtain fruit for himself. New York, NY: Random House Children’s Books (Distributed in Canada by Random House Canada), 2013.ģ39 pp., hardcover & e-book, $19.99 (hc.).
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