Maguire, Gregory - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

A gloomy fairy tail about the untold story of how Cinderella got where she was when we met her in the Disney movie. Gregory Maguire's new book retells Cinderella's story from the perspective of one of the stepsisters, in much the same way his first novel, Wicked, reworked The Wizard of Oz to give the witch's point of view. In Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Cinderella is a manipulative, self-pitying child who hates her new family, fears the outside world and holes up at home until a visiting French prince's search for a bride offers a chance at escape.

Ani Alexanian

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