Goldstein, Lisa

While interviewing Jeremy, an older man who as a child was the subject of his mother's books, a young journalist finds the two of them sucked into a fantasy world, where both love and death threaten.

An ages-old family secret breaches the boundaries between reality and magic in this fresh retelling of a classic fairy tale. When Berkeley student Will Taylor is introduced to the mysterious Feierabend sisters, he quickly falls for enigmatic Livvy, a chemistry major and accomplished chef. But Livvy's family, vivacious actress Maddie, family historian Rose, and their mother, absent-minded Sylvia, are behaving strangely.