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Based on the somewhat darker novel by gregory maguire, the madefortv movie confessions of an ugly stepsister offers a refreshing revisionist spin on the old cinderella legend. In 2002, the book was adapted into a tv movie of the same. Confessions of an ugly stepsister paperback chicago public. The cinderella story has never been told so downtoearth. A look at the classic cinderella story from the perspective of one of her ugly stepsisters. Confessions of an ugly stepsister forces readers to reconsider the traditional roles of heroes and villains, good vs. Imps and fairy godmotbers trying to undo each others work.
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