If you see a price sticker on a book, please ignore it. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. While Clara retreats to the cinders of the family hearth, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household - and the treacherous truth of her former life.Īll of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. The time is the 17th century, the place Holland. Iris's path becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to become her sister. A revisionist view of Cinderella’s adoptive family dominates this brilliantly plotted fantasy from Maguire, a popular children’s book author whose first adult novel, Wicked (1995), offered a similar reimagining of the land of Oz.

Set against the backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who is swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. and what curses accompanied Cinderella's looks? We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. 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. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Analysis These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. We have all heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave amongst the ashes.

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