false 5266279 5 Lil is an old woman who spends her days shelving rare books in a tiny Manhattan bookstore and lonely nights at home in her apartment. But Lil has an intriguing secret. Tucked and bound behind her back are white feathery wings-the only key to who she once was: the fairy godmother responsible for getting Cinderella to the ball to unite with her Prince Charming. But on that fateful night, something went terribly and beautifully wrong. Lil allowed herself the unthinkable: to feel the emotions of human beings and fall in love with the prince herself, going to the ball in place of Cinderella in her exquisitely gorgeous human guise. For her unforgivable mistake, she was banished to live among humans, far from her fairy sisters and their magical underwater world. But then one day she meets Veronica, a young, fair-skinned, flame-haired East Village beauty with a love of all things vintage and a penchant for falling in love with the wrong men and suddenly it becomes clear to Lil that she's been given a chance at redemption. If she can find a soul mate for Veronica, she may right her wrong and return to the fairy world she so deeply longs for. . . . 5333596 3 3 2009 Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story total:277|5:36|4:71|3:106|2:45|1:19| 277 891 576 112 1 9 false true Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 00:04:32 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 16:55:55 -0800 2009 What This Book Is Being Marketed As: Fluffy retelling of the Cinderella story from the godmother’s point of view! She was kicked out of fairyland for falling in love with Cinderella’s prince; now, as an elderly bookstore clerk in present day New York, she has the chance to redeem herself by doin...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 31 07:50:33 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 07:53:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false true Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:12:27 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:16:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 11:51:31 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 11:52:16 -0700 2009 http://www.hipsterbookclub.com/reviews/c...

Carolyn Turgeon's Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story is a quirky and offbeat retelling of the classic fairy tale, brought up to date for an adult audience. While preserving the basic, familiar features of the original st...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 17:47:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 15:49:48 -0700 2009 Cinderella that has been passed down through the years wasn't quite right? Perhaps the fairy godmother didn't resemble a plump bag of potatoes and was constantly tested by her strong feelings for all things human.

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"What occurs in the world of faerie will manifest in the world of man."

This thought was the main theme of GODMOTHER.

This was a dark retelling of the story of Cinderella. When I saw the cover, I thought,"...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 18:51:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:53:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 17:25:41 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:30:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 20:01:26 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 20:04:29 -0700 2009 1
That's the core of this strange but intriguing tale that weaves a familiar f...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 21:17:15 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 23:09:31 -0700 2009
Told from the perspective of the fairy godmother, this is a poignant story of love, loss, mistakes and redemption. Parallel love stories told in two different time periods, Lil, Cindere...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 07:03:24 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:27:59 -0700 2009
The story switches back and forth between present day New York and the days leading up to that fateful night wher...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 12:18:49 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 11:10:49 -0700 2009
In Go...more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 17:36:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 07:49:40 -0700 2009 This book does make you think about the beauty and the pain associated with life. Could someone with all the pain and emotional baggage that Cinderella had really live happily ever after just b/c Prince Charming rescues her? Obviously this author doesn't think so and the cynical...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Apr 06 12:30:05 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 12:33:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 13:02:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 13:06:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 11:45:01 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 11:51:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:58:55 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 23:49:19 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:51:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:56:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 11:06:55 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:08:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:35:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:39:20 -0700 2009 more...]]>