{"product_id":"all-the-ever-afters-9780062798077","title":"All the Ever Afters","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of \u003cem\u003eWicked, The Woodcutter, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBoy, Snow, Bird\u003c\/em\u003e, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella's \"evil\" stepmother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, who knows all too well about hardship, privately records the true story. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA peasant born into serfdom, Agnes is separated from her family and forced into servitude as a laundress's apprentice when she is only ten years old. Using her wits and ingenuity, she escapes her tyrannical matron and makes her way toward a hopeful future. When teenaged Agnes is seduced by an older man and becomes pregnant, she is transformed by love for her child. Once again left penniless, Agnes has no choice but to return to servitude at the manor she thought she had left behind. Her new position is nursemaid to Ella, an otherworldly infant. She struggles to love the child who in time becomes her stepdaughter and, eventually, the celebrated princess who embodies everyone's unattainable fantasies. The story of their relationship reveals that nothing is what it seems, that beauty is not always desirable, and that love can take on many guises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrically told, emotionally evocative, and brilliantly perceptive, \u003cem\u003eAll the Ever Afters\u003c\/em\u003e explores the hidden complexities that lie beneath classic tales of good and evil, all the while showing us that how we confront adversity reveals a more profound, and ultimately more important, truth than the ideal of \"happily ever after.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeller, Danielle:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Danielle Teller received her medical training at McGill University, Brown University, and Yale University. She has held faculty positions at the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University. In 2013, Danielle pursued her childhood dream of being a writer. She is the author of one book of nonfiction, \u003cem\u003eSacred Cows: The Truth About Divorce and Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e, and has written numerous columns for \u003cem\u003eQuartz\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives with her husband, Astro Teller, and their four children in Palo Alto, California. \u003cem\u003eAll the Ever Afters\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648797479186,"sku":"9780062798077","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b2ddbe5-2997-4ba3-80f0-bca7c5f03030.jpg?v=1733248901","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-the-ever-afters-9780062798077","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}