Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked , the first novel in the Wicked Years quartet (which also included Son of a Witch , A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz ), that was made into an award-winning musical. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. He has also served as an artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Hambridge Center. Gregory has lived in Dublin and London, but now makes his home near Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner, their two sons and daughter. Klappentext We have all heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave amongst 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 STEPSISTER tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. A novel of beauty and betrayal, which reminds us that deception can be unearthed - and love unveiled - in the most unexpected of places Zusammenfassung A novel of beauty and betrayal, which reminds us that deception can be unearthed - and love unveiled - in the most unexpected of places

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gregory Magguire, Gregory Maguire, Maguire Gregory
• Edition: Review Headline
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 02.10.2008
• EAN: 9780755341696
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-4169-6
• Pages: 397
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 26 mm
• Thèmes: Headline Paperbacks; Headline Paperbacks
• Catégories: Littérature > Science-fiction , fantastique; Adventure, Historical adventure, FICTION / Fantasy / General, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Historical / Renaissance, Historical adventure fiction, Adventure fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, North Holland