Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Author: Gregory Maguire
We have all heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty … and what curses accompanied Cinderella’s looks?Set against the backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly….Read More
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