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How to Fracture a Fairy Tale

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9H 36min
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English
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Short stories

Fantasy icon Jane Yolen is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

© 2019 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781982650506

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Audiobook: 28 May 2019

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