![]() ![]() I’m going to start off with our characters before anything else, because in order to understand the story, you have to know the people telling the story: Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published: May 31st 2022 What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other?ĭark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women. Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each other’s stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed. And Raina’s love story will shock them all. ![]() Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. ![]() Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. ![]() In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma. ![]()
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