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Danielle Teller

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Danielle Teller (formerly Morse, née Dyck) grew up in Canada, where she and her two brothers were raised by the best parents in the world. As a child, she was a bookworm who dreamed of being a writer, but she chickened out and went to medical school instead. In 1994, she moved temporarily to America, and she has been living temporarily in America ever since.

Danielle attended Queen’s University during her undergraduate years, and she 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, where she investigated the origins of chronic lung disease and taught in the medical intensive care unit.

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	All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother 3.73 avg rating — 6,902 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Sacred Cows: The Truth about Divorce and Marriage by Danielle Teller MD, Astro Teller (Goodreads Author), Danielle Teller (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I no longer believe that people are born without virtue. It gets beaten out. Misfortune threshes our souls as a flail threshes wheat, and the lightest parts of ourselves are scattered to the wind.”
― Danielle Teller, All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

tags: cinderella, human-nature, loss-of-innocence, misfortune, threshold, virtue

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“Compelling fiction often obscures the humble truth.”
― Danielle Teller, All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

tags: cinderella, fiction, humble, stories, truth

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“I was a candle that had never known a flame, and now that the flame was lit, I softened and glowed in a way I had not known was possible.”
― Danielle Teller, All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother

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By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather
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Starless by Jacqueline Carey

An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) by Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller

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Bannerless (The Bannerless Saga, #1) by Carrie Vaughn

Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) by Beth Revis

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

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How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway

The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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A Thousand Years to Wait (The Tarrowburn Prophecies, #1) by L. Ryan Storms

A Thousand Years to Wait by L. Ryan Storms

Heartstone (Heartstone, #1) by Elle Katharine White

Heartstone by Elle Katharine White

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

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