She discovers that her grandmother was actually a survivor of the Holocaust who was persecuted for her Jewish origins, and sent to Chełmno extermination camp to be executed. She consults Stan, a good friend and journalist who works for an "alternative" newspaper and uncovers historical facts. After her grandmother's death, Rebecca Berlin, the youngest of her three granddaughters (referred to as Becca in the novel) begins to believe that there is some meaning behind the bedtime story that her grandmother told to them hundreds of times. In the present day, Gemma's Jewish family is living somewhere outside a city in Massachusetts. The times when "Gemma" tells the story are flashbacks and alternate between the present-day story. She tells this to the children almost all the time and it is the only bedtime story she ever tells. The story is based around the German fairy tale of Briar Rose ( Sleeping Beauty) which is told by "Gemma", an elderly woman, to her three granddaughters. The ending is part of the "home" section, returning after the castle. The book is divided into two parts, the "home", and the "castle". It was also nominated for the Nebula Award. The novel won the annual Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature in 1993. Incorporating elements of Sleeping Beauty, it was published as part of the Fairy Tale Series of novels compiled by Terri Windling. Briar Rose is a young adult novel written by American author Jane Yolen, published in 1992.
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