Maguire, Gregory

Confessions of an ugly stepsister / - 1st paperback ed. - New York, NY : Regan Books, 2000. - xii, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes a "Reader's Group Guide" (p. 369-372).

On seeing her portrait, a servant girl modelling for an artist in 17th century Holland realizes she is ugly. But the portrait opens her eyes to the world of art, she becomes a painter and is transformed by her work so that when a prince charming appears she is no longer ugly.

ISBN: 0060987529 (pbk.) 0060987529 (pbk.) 9780060987527

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Haarlem (Netherlands) -- Fiction.
Stepsisters -- Fiction.
Beauty, Personal -- Fiction.
Fairy tales -- Adaptations.
Netherlands -- Haarlem.
Stepsisters.
Beauty, Personal.
Fairy tales.
Sisters -- Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54