Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister: A Novel
2 journalers for this copy...
Still reading this; I want to finish it quickly so I can send it to someone I'm trading with.
Journal Entry 2 by InvisibleAng from Belfast, Co. Antrim United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 8, 2007
To the finder:
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My journal entry:
Gregory Maguire impressively re-imagines the Cinderella story as it might have happened in real life. We're drawn into the world of 17th-century Holland, with a widow and her two daughters who have fled from England to seek a new life after being persecuted.
Margarethe is an awkward woman but the book gets across very well the fact that women often had to be awkward, cunning and competitive to survive in a world where they were second-class citizens. Her daughters Iris and Ruth also struggle to find their way, first in the house of a struggling artist, and then in the home of a merchant whose strange and beautiful daughter, Clara, is the Cinderella of the tale.
I loved this book for its humour, its period detail and its understanding of human nature, and was impressed that it made such compulsive reading when we all know the bones of the story already - this is down to the excellent characterisation and the way twists are added without losing the thread of the original story altogether. I really want to read more of Gregory Maguire's work.
Welcome to BookCrossing!
Please make a journal entry to let me know that this book has been caught so I know that it has found a good home with you. If you are new to BookCrossing and decide to join, please indicate that you were referred by InvisibleAng. I hope you like the book, but that whatever you think of it, you'll let me know by making another journal entry to comment when you finish reading it.
Then, whenever you are ready to send it on its way, make a journal entry if you are giving or sending this book to a known person, or a release note if you are leaving it “in the wild” again for anyone to catch. Then watch its journey. You’ll be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. And it’s confidential (you are known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.
Have fun!
My journal entry:
Gregory Maguire impressively re-imagines the Cinderella story as it might have happened in real life. We're drawn into the world of 17th-century Holland, with a widow and her two daughters who have fled from England to seek a new life after being persecuted.
Margarethe is an awkward woman but the book gets across very well the fact that women often had to be awkward, cunning and competitive to survive in a world where they were second-class citizens. Her daughters Iris and Ruth also struggle to find their way, first in the house of a struggling artist, and then in the home of a merchant whose strange and beautiful daughter, Clara, is the Cinderella of the tale.
I loved this book for its humour, its period detail and its understanding of human nature, and was impressed that it made such compulsive reading when we all know the bones of the story already - this is down to the excellent characterisation and the way twists are added without losing the thread of the original story altogether. I really want to read more of Gregory Maguire's work.
Journal Entry 3 by InvisibleAng at Controlled Release in Given To A Friend, Friend -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (8/8/2007 UTC) at Controlled Release in Given To A Friend, Friend -- Controlled Releases
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Posting this book to lostpenguin.
Posting this book to lostpenguin.
Yay! Mail! I finally checked my mail last night and this book was waiting for me. I can't wait to get started on it. I love book swaps.
