Based loosely on a Grimms’ fairytale, Bear is both enchanting and suspenseful. Sam, a concessions worker on a ferry, is terrified when a bear shows up at her family’s front door. Elena, instead, grows enchanted by the bear, seeking him out in the woods and bringing him food from her job at the local country … Continue reading Julia Phillips’s New Novel is Inspired by a Fairytale About a Girl Who Falls in Love with a Bear