RUTH EMMIE LANG was born in Glasgow, Scotland and has the red hair to prove it. When she was four years old, she immigrated to Ohio where she has lived ever since. She has since lost her Scottish accent, but still has the hair. Ruth currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her husband and dreams of someday owning a little house in the woods where she can write more books. Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance is her first novel.
This tale feels comfortable and familiar, imitating Lewis Carroll's
casual, everyday description of magic and starring a sympathetic,
mature boy with Peter Pan-like abilities. Original and imaginative,
especially in its multifaceted exploration of one extraordinary
person, Lang's novel is a lovely and fascinating feat of magical
realism. --Booklist
This enchanting title mixes magical realism with romance, humor,
and adventure, delighting readers who enjoy strong fantasy
populated with quirky characters and events. --Library Journal
Weylyn Grey is enchanting.... Each bittersweet story shows our
capacity to accept people who are different. --Real Simple magazine
This exquisite and adventurous book will remind you of classic
fantasies that you read as a child. --Bustle Beasts of
Extraordinary Circumstance by debut author Ruth Emmie Lang will
grab you by the hand and thrust you into a world complete with
animal whisperers, supernatural occurrences, and people who search
their whole lives to find what's right in front of them. --Book
Reporter Ruth Emmie Lang's debut glitters with the glow of
fireflies, explodes with the force of fantastically strange events
and warms with the love of a man who has so much possibility
contained within him it overflows in miraculous ways. Skeptics who
shun magic on page one of Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance will
be converts by the end. --Shelf Awareness
I read this book on the first of September and it has stayed with
me all month. The story is whimsical and gorgeous. The writing is
just beautiful. And it made me smile the entire time. --Kate Krug,
Book Riot
This wonderful, whimsical, warm-hearted novel is filled with subtle
and not-so-subtle nods to the books I loved as a child.... Reading
this book is so comfortable and uplifting, you almost feel as if
you could conjure a herd of fireflies to get through a power
outage, or a field of daffodils to celebrate a loved one's
birthday. Beasts is exactly the book I needed right now, and it
made me so happy I wanted to howl at the moon. --Steph Opitz, Book
of the Month judge Ruth Emmie Lang's prose has the earthy warmth of
a campfire story, best enjoyed in the woods and under the stars.
Her contemporary spin on the American folktale, Beasts of
Extraordinary Circumstance, bristles with charm and curiosity, and
its oddball hero, Weylyn Grey, will make you want to follow him
into the forest."--Winston Groom, New York Times bestselling author
of Forrest Gump A wholly original and superbly crafted work of art,
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance is a masterpiece of the
imagination. Intelligent, witty, and brave, Ruth Emmie Lang takes
us on an uplifting and unforgettable adventure of love, magic,
friendship and fate. An extraordinary work of fiction by a truly
gifted author. -- Lori Nelson Spielman, New York Times bestselling
author of The Life List and Sweet Forgiveness Ruth Emmie Lang
dazzles with her inventive and magical debut. Told with brains and
heart, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance introduces a
protagonist who is both mythical and relatable. Weylyn Grey leaves
a lasting impression on everyone he meets, and he will on readers
too.--Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris
Apartment and I'll See You in Paris Beasts of Extraordinary
Circumstance is a brilliant button on the coat of American magical
realism. Think Charlotte's Web for grown-ups who, like Weylyn Grey,
have their own stories of being different, feared, brave, and
loved. --Mo Daviau, author of Every Anxious Wave
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