Confessions of an ugly stepsister
by Maguire, Gregory
Edition statement:1st pbk. ed. Published by : Regan Books, (New York, N.Y. :) Physical details: xii, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:0060987529 (pbk.); 9780060987527 (pbk.).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Prologue : stories painted on porcelain -- 1. The obscure child -- Marketplace -- Stories told through windows -- Looking -- Meadow -- Sitting for Schoonmaker -- Girl with wildflowers -- Half a door -- Van den Meer's household -- 2. The imp-riddled house -- The small room of outside -- Small oils -- The masterpiece -- Rue, sage, thyme, and temper -- Reception -- Virginal -- Simples -- 3. The girl of ashes -- Flowers for the dead -- Plague and quarantine -- The nowhere windmill -- Invitations -- A fair light on a full table -- Wind and tide -- The girl of ashes -- Finery -- Spine and chamber -- Collapses -- 4. The gallery of God's mistakes -- Campaigns -- The gallery of God's mistakes -- Cinderella -- Van Stolk and van Antum -- The night before the ball -- The changeling -- Small magic -- Tulip and turnips -- 5. The ball -- The Medici ball -- Clarissa of Aragon -- Midnight -- A most unholy night -- The second slipper -- Epilogue : stories written in oils.
On seeing her portrait, a servant girl modelling for an artist in 17th century Holland realizes she is ugly. But the portrait opens her eyes to the world of art, she becomes a painter and is transformed by her work so that when a prince charming appears she is no longer ugly.
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