“An arresting hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel . . . Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister isn’t easy to classify or forget.”
—Detroit Free Press
“A tale so movingly told that you will say at the end of the first reading, ‘It’s been a long time since I read a book this good.’ . . . Few writers match Gregory Maguire.”
—Nashville Tennessean
“[A] brilliantly plotted fantasy. . . . Maguire is rapidly becoming one of contemporary fiction’s most assured myth-makers.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“Captivating and beautifully written . . . Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a rich canvas of colorful characters and fantastic events rendered by an artist attentive to every surface and texture.”
—Book magazine
“Bewitching.”
—Chicago Tribune
Credits
Cover design by John Lewis
Illustrations by Douglas Smith
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.
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MS Reader edition v 1. October 2002 ISBN 0-06-053889-9
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1995 by ReganBooks, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
First paperback edition published 1996, reissued 2000.
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