• ISBN13: 9780316210348
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Yen Press
• Publisher Imprint: Yen Press
• Publication Date: March 27, 2012
• Pages: 208
• Original Price: USD 17.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 349 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Historical Fiction / General

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings thenineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story ofAmir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to atwelve-year-old boy eight years her junior. Coping with culturaldifferences, blossoming feelings for her new husband, and expectationsfrom both her adoptive and birth families, Amir strives to find her roleas she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick todefine that role for her.

Kaoru Mori's previous series, Emma, about a maid and a gentleman in Victorian England, has been lauded by Library Journal and was named to the YALSA Great Graphic Novels list. A Bride's Story has only broadened her fan base in Japan and the U.S. with its elegant style and delicate story.