title: Cinderella at 40: a practical fairy tale
author:  Kate Zeng 
description: Kate Zeng studied psychoanalytical interpretations of fairy tales. She lives in southern California.
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  The war may be over, but Kate Allen’s life is still in upheaval. Not only has
  she discovered that Cinderella was real, but now she’s been made Keeper of the
  Wardrobe, her sole responsibility to protect Cinderella’s mystical dresses
  from the greed of the evil stepsisters’ modern descendants.
  
  But Cinderella’s dresses are just the beginning. It turns out that the
  priceless glass slippers might actually exist, too, and they could hold the
  power to reunite lost loved ones like her father—missing in action since World
  War II ended. As Kate and her boyfriend, Johnny, embark on an adventure from
  New York to Italy and Poland in search of the mysterious slippers, they will
  be tested in ways they never imagined.
  
  Because when you harness Cinderella’s magic, danger and evil are sure to
  follow…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Dedication](index_split_005.html#filepos7887)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](index_split_006.html#filepos7