Ebook {Epub PDF} Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon

 · Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story. Godmother.: Carolyn Turgeon. Crown, Mar 3, - Fiction - pages. 2 Reviews. A new take on 2/5(2).  · “Godmother is a transcendent little gem of a book.” —Novelist Cherie Priest for Subterranean Magazine “Turgeon's work is haunting and hypnotic, blending the line of reality and magic into a gorgeous flowing narrative. Set against a modern day backdrop, this tale reexamines an all-too familiar story and breathes new life into it.”.  · A new take on Cinderella, told from the perspective of the fairy godmother living in modern-day Manhattan. Lil is an old woman who spends her days shelving rare books in a tiny Manhattan bookstore and lonely nights at home in her apartment. But Lil has an intriguing secret. Tucked and bound behind her back are white feathery wings--the only key to who she once was: the fairy Brand: Crown Publishing Group.

So the book is the story of Lillian, a former fairy godmother. She had been tasked with getting Cinderella to the ball to meet the prince. Because fairies obviously control the destinies of all humans. Lil screwed up and fell for the prince herself. As punishment for falling in love with a human and failing to unite Cinderella and the prince. Home ThriftBooks Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story. Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story. Add to cart Buy Now Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon. Used; as new; paperback; Condition As New ISBN 10 ISBN 13 Seller. ThriftBooks. Carolyn Turgeon is the author of five novels—Rain Village, Godmother, Mermaid, The Fairest of Them All, and The Next Full Moon, most of them based on fairy tales—and The Faerie Handbook. She's also the editor-in-chief of Faerie Magazine.

“Godmother is earthy, lyrical, sensual and deeply, intelligently romantic. Carolyn Turgeon has a gift for mingling the magical and the mundane. Her earthy, sensual and richly imagined take on the fair folk should appeal to fans of Holly Black.” —Alisa Kwitney/Sheckley, author of Flirting in Cars and The Better to Hold You. Au contraire. The Godmother, by Carolyn Turgeon is a look at the psychology behind a fairy godmother who not only falls in love with Prince Charming herself, but ultimately feels better suited for him as well. Lil is a fairy godmother cast out of her rich, lustrous fairy world and forced to live her days disguised as an old lumpy woman on earth because she didn't fulfill her mission to unite Cinderella and Prince Charming. “Godmother is a transcendent little gem of a book.” —Novelist Cherie Priest for Subterranean Magazine “Turgeon's work is haunting and hypnotic, blending the line of reality and magic into a gorgeous flowing narrative. Set against a modern day backdrop, this tale reexamines an all-too familiar story and breathes new life into it.”.