title: Charlie Glass's Slippers: A Very Modern Fairy Tale
author:  Holly McQueen 
description: a humorous and fast-paced read that will appeal to fans of classic chick lit a la Jane Green, Helen Fielding, or Sophie Kinsella. (<i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />"McQueen's latest tale will delight readers with its Bridget Jones-esque heroine and fluffy plot, but there is also depth here as McQueen subtly critiques today's image-obsessed society." (<i>Booklist</i>)<br /><br />With a bit of whimsy, a bushel of laughs and just enough light-hearted intrigue, McQueen leaves readers hoping that dreams do come true. A modern Cinderella story with a fabulous twist. (<i>Shelf Awareness</i>)<br /><br />"This modern re-telling of the <i>Cinderella</i> story is great fun." (<i>Sunday Mirror (UK)</i>)<br /><br />"Curl up with this novel for an afternoon of comfort reading." (<i>Daily Mail</i>)<br /><br />"A romantic and funny battle-of-the-bulge read." (<i>Closer Magazine (UK)</i>)<br /><br />Readers will delight in McQueens lovable cast, the dynamics of Graces escapist romance, Bellas understated affection for Liam, and Pollys emotional revelation. (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />"An appealing heroine...readers will be cheering for Isabel to pull off a winning event against the odds. Those expecting standard chick lit fluff will be pleasantly surprised." (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />"Readers who miss <i>Shopaholic</i>'s Rebecca Bloomwood can now cheer on Isabel." (<i>Booklist</i>)<br /><br />"McQueen brings back the charmingly inept heroine [Isabel], for another bubbly misadventure. Isabel is a charming character whose wisecracks and personal evolution help her to stand out in the sea of airheaded urban fashionistas often found in the genre." (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)
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  # Buttered Side Down
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Edna Ferber
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  FOREWORD
  
  
  I. THE FROG AND THE PUDDLE
  
  
  II.THE MAN WHO CAME BACK
  
  
  III. WHAT SHE WORE
  
  
  IV. A BUSH LEAGUE HERO
  
  
  V. THE KITCHEN SIDE OF THE DOOR
  
  
  VII. MAYMEYS FROM CUBA
  
  
  VIII. THE LEADING LADY
  
  
  IX. THAT HOME-TOWN FEELING
  
  
  X. THE HOMELY HEROINE
  
  
  XI. SUN DRIED
  
  
  XII. WHERE THE CAR TURNS AT 18TH
  
  
  
  
  
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  Creation of machine-readable version Charles Keller
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  "And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever
  
  
  after."
  
  
    
  Um-m-m — maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass
  
  
  slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner
  
  
  redolent of the kitchen hearth; and was it never necessary that he
  
  
  remind her to be more careful of her finger-nails and grammar? After
  
  
  Puss in Boots had won wealth and a wife for his young master did no