"A compressed, visceral novel about exile, dislocation, and the emotional minefields between mothers and daughters"--

While trying to save the Healing Island from dark spirits, a healer with an untested theory and amazing powers accidentally destroys it. Banished for years, he returns to help a lovable young patient and hopes to redeem himself by restoring his home and healing the world.

After the collapse of civilization, society has reverted to medieval beliefs and structures. The worst offense thinkable is to consume the sweet-tasting Chisa flower, too tempting for many children to resist, so they are exiled. Banding together, the children learn to live in isolation in the mountains, using the land to survive, and discovering that the reason the Chisa flower is forbidden is because it brings vision of the truth.

This emotionally powerful film explores the painful dilemma of whether to speak out or remain silent in the face of tyranny. It tells the story of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and his life in exile from 1936 to 1942. Zweig was one of the most famous writers of his time, but as a Jewish intellectual he struggled to find the right stance towards the events in Nazi Germany. Driven to emigrate to South America at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig...

Rosalind is the daughter of banished Duke Senior and is being raised at the court of Duke Frederick, with her cousin Celia. She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. Celia goes with Rosalind. Disguised as the boy Ganymede, Rosalind enters the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing...