A magical, classic tale of the transformative power of love from Megan Lindholm, who also writes as Robin Hobb.Evelyn is a solitary child, preferring to wander in the woods in all weathers rather than socialise. Her secret is a fantastic companion: a faun with whom she plays in the woods.Years later Evelyn finds happiness as a wife and mother, but life turns sour when the family move to Tacoma where her husband is asked to fill in at his father-s business.Evelyn-s husband-s wish for them to stay permanently with his family causes a rift between them and then a terrible tragedy makes the situation even more impossible.Miraculously, when she needs a friend, Evelyn-s childhood companion reappears in Tacoma. Pan, now an adult satyr and a secret friend to both her and her son, eventually becomes her lover. He leads Evelyn on a odyssey out of her failed marriage to fulfilment in the woods of Alaska.