This book is a work of mythopoea meant not only to entertain, but to provoke thought on some very important questions. Questions like: By what measurement do we esteem a persons worth? Is beauty just an issue of appearance or is attitude just as important? And, would you save someone's life, even if they've badly mistreated you;or, more importantly, should you save them?
"One of our daughters must be sent, so let us send the one who is least likely to marry. For surely she will do naught of more worth than to succeed or die on this journey through the ancestor mound."- Bel's mother, Decisions.