The Onion Girl Audiobook (Free)

In his stunning novels of magic and danger in today’s world, Charles de Lint has taken a whole imaginary North American city to vivid life: Newford, where magic lights the dark streets, myths walk clothed in modern shapes, and a wide cast of amazing people work to keep the whole world turning. At the guts of it all stands a young artist called Jilly Coppercorn, with her tangled hair and paint-splattered skinny jeans, whose paintings capture the hidden beings that dwell in the city’s shadows.

Now, finally, de Lint tells Jilly’s personal story; for behind the painter’s fey charm is situated a dark secret that she’s labored to forget. “I’m the onion young lady,” Jilly Coppercorn says. “Pull back the levels of my life, and you will not discover anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl. She’s very, very proficient at running-but days gone by has arrive to state her today.”