You probably know the Perrault version. And chances are, you haven’t been able to escape the Disney yt version. Maybe you know the slightly-darker Grimm version, or even the original story of Yeh-Shen. Maybe you’re a fan of musicals, and love Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella or Sondheim’s Into the Woods yt . But chances are, (Read More)
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
ISBN: 0060987529 Hobbling home under a mackeral sky, I came upon a group of children. A retelling, a reimagining of Cinderella, Maguire here attempt to create a more realistic picture, through the eyes of the “ugly stepsisters”. There are no pumpkins turning into golden carriages, and no fairy godmothers, instead we get a mother and (Read More)