The Tiger's Wife Author:Téa Obreht "A novel of surpassing beauty, exquisitely wrought and magical. Téa Obreht is a towering new talent." — This is a story set in fictional Balkan countries mending after years of civil war. It involves two generations, a granddaughter and grandfather, both physicians and healers that are caught up in the real world and the world of myth and superst... more »ition that is a part of the land they live in. It is a beautifully written story of life and death and living despite what the world forces upon us.« less