Mothers Grimm
Danielle Wood
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· 6 ratings · 224 pages · Published: 09 Sep 2014
In the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm, Rapunzel’s mother trades her firstborn child for a handful of leafy greens, and
Hansel’s step-mother abandons him in a clearing in the forest. In ‘The Goose Girl’, the queen sends her daughter away
to her fate with a bloodied handkerchief tucked in her bosom, and in ‘Sleeping Beauty’, Mama’s best efforts cannot
prevent one little prick from having disastrous consequences for the heroine. Danielle Wood’s Mothers Grimm brings characters from these stories into the modern world in a collection of four long stories that interrogate contemporary
womanhood and motherhood. Happy endings not guaranteed.
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- fantasy 4
- contemporary 3
- retellings 3
- dark 2
- dark fantasy 2
- funny 2
- folktales & legends 2
- literary fiction 1
- female mc 1
- action / adventure 1
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- format - reader age
- anthology 2
- adult fiction 1