The release date for the English version of 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister' by
Gregory Maguire is Sep 2000. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Everyone has heard the tale of Cinderella, the lovely young girl who was sent into slavery amid the ashes. But what about her stepsisters, the unattractive couple sent into shame due to the celebrity of their beautiful sister? What destiny did those who were unaffected by beauty suffer, and what curses came with Cinderella's appearance?
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, which is set in seventeenth-century Holland, is the tale of Iris, an unusual heroine who is whisked away from the mean streets of Haarlem and into an odd world of pretense, ambition, and luxury. Iris's journey swiftly intersects with Clara's, the enigmatic and astonishingly gorgeous girl who is meant to be her sister. Iris searches for the murky details of her new home and the dangerous reality of her past life, while Clara withdraws to the embers of the family fireplace.