Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister in Bloomington, MN

"[An] engrossing story...endearing and memorable."--
Boston Herald
"[An] arresting hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel."--
Detroit Free Press
"A tale so movingly told that you will say at the end of the first reading, 'It's been a long time since I've read a book this good.'"
--
Nashville Tennessean
Gregory Maguire proves himself to be "one of contemporary fiction's most assured myth-makers" (
Kirkus Reviews
) with
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,
his ingenious and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella fairy tale. Perhaps best known for his dark and breathtaking Oz series The Wicked Years--including the novel
Wicked,
which inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical--Maguire is a master at upending the ordinary to help us see the familiar in a brilliant new light.