Title: Cinderella Re-imagined: A Fun Book
Product review: OK, so it's no masterpiece, but it's fun, light and extremely imaginative.What I love about this book is that none of the characters are caricatures. Cinderella is not your run-of-the-mill enslaved beauty, the evil step-mother has some redeeming qualities, and the ugly step-sisters may be ugly, but they are rich in personality. Gone too are the fairy god-mothers, mice turned coachmen and magic that fades at midnight of the original fairy tale.The backdrop for the story is Harlem, a Dutch town in the 1630s at the height of the tulip craze. By the way, to find out more about the tulip craze, read the excellent book "Tulipomania", by Mike Dash.Bottom line: this book is a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Just don't expect a Nobel Prize winning novel.
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