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Some of these essays are excellent--Margaret Atwood's, Julia Alvarez's, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's, Joyce Carol Oates'--but others were only so so. Still, if you're a fan of fairy tales, then this is going to be an enjoyable read. Each author discusses their favorite tales in completely different ways. I tended to like the ones that combined scholarly examinations with personal experience rather than the purely personal experience essays, but that's just my preference.
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