Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and faeries who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. But no one is as revered in the arts as Sofias brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can 14-year-old Sofia, with a tin ear and an enduring love of the old myths, ever hope to win her mothers love? Heather O'Neill was born and raised in Montreal, QC.