About the book: year / In time, the events of this story take place several years after those described in the novel "Tehanu", before the novel "Another Wind" The dragonfly lived on the island of Way, in a region called Iria. She was from a noble but impoverished family. Her mother died in childbirth, and her father, entrusting the girl’s upbringing to the housekeeper, completely forgot about her. The girl grew up as a real savage, feeling much better in the company of dogs, horses and cows than in the company of people..