Whatever after if the shoe fits6/3/2023 ![]() Mlynowski’s series does not have the prince fall immediately in love with Cinderella (or Snow White in the first book) instead, through the plots’ twists and turns, the young female protagonists learn that it’s important to be self-sufficient rather than waiting for one’s “prince” to appear.Īnd isn’t that a great lesson for the young girls in today’s beauty-obsessed culture? Looks are fine, but it’s really what’s upstairs (brains) that counts in the long run. ![]() In that version they also have their eyes plucked out by a bird. In both versions Cinderella and the prince live happily ever after, but in the Grimm original version, the stepsisters cut off bodily parts to enable their foot to fit in the glass slipper. The Disney version and the Grimm version differ mainly in that the Grimm version has an ending that is rather more grim, pardon the pun. Her second book in the series, “Whatever After: If the Shoe Fits” is Cinderella. ![]() Sarah Mlynowski is on to something with her “Whatever After” series. ![]()
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