The Onion Girl (Newford)

The Onion Girl is set in Charles de Lint's imaginary North American city of Newford, a place where magic illuminates the dark streets and modern life intersects with myth and older beings. The story centers on Jilly Coppercorn, a young artist who has been a core character in the Newford series, known for her paint-splattered jeans and fey charm, and for creating paintings that capture the hidden magical beings of the city. However, behind her cheerful exterior lies a dark secret and a past she has long labored to forget, a past involving adult survival of childhood abuse. When this past resurfaces, it threatens everything Jilly loves, forcing her to confront a painful truth about herself. Jilly says, "I'm the onion girl... Pull back the layers of my life, and you won’t find anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl." This novel explores the difficulty abuse victims face in reconciling with their history, even when they appear to be functioning well on the surface.

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