Basketcase: A Classic Tale in Reverse

by Sarah J Antoinette

A fairy-taled scope on the very real issue of domestic violence and spousal abuse, Basketcase tells an age old story in an empowering new direction. The royal wedding is over, and Prince Adam and his very new and royally inexperienced Princess Olive of Sidney are ready for happily-ever-after. The two are madly in love and have everything they need or ever could want, until a very unusual chain of events destroys the couple’s good fortune overnight. Adam and Olive awake to find an entirely different version of the Land of Sidney where there is no royalty and no record either of them has ever existed. Their brand new home has become decrepit and is falling apart and their physical appearances have grown inhumanly monstrous and ugly. With no explanation as to what might have caused the changes and a town full of people who shun them, Olive and Adam find they handle the unfortunate events very differently from one another. The couple’s true colors guide them in opposite directions, while their relationship with each other is put to the ultimate test.

184 pages, Paperback

Published March 27, 2016

About the author

Sarah J Antoinette was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She has been writing independent books and stories since she first learned to read and write at the age of six. After moving to Denver and ending a long-term, abusive relationship in her mid-twenties, Sarah began a semi-successful string of online blogs tracking her emotional recovery. One of the blogs featured a series of short semi-autobiographical fractured fairy tales, many of which she plans to write into full length novels.
Basketcase, A Classic Tale in Reverse is Sarah’s first full length, published novel. She. The book was originally published in 2016 and then re-released in 2020 under a second edition.
Sarah hopes to continue writing novels that focus on empowering women to be unique, independent, and intelligent.

Reviews

[Sailco26 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my usual course, but met the author recently and decided to check it out. Entertaining read, flowed well and kept my interest. Reads a bit like what it probably is, a cathartic trip, but seemed honest and made for a nice escape. Like how it ties up for the ending, presenting the opportunity for a couple of different directions to go with other fairy tales as well.