The New York Times
"A funny, mad, witty, frightening, charming, haunting book."


Review
"These poem-stories are a strange retelling of seventeen Grimms fairy tales, including "Snow White," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," "The Frog Prince," and "Red Riding Hood." Astonishingly, they are as wholly personal as Anne Sexton"s most intimate poems. "Her metaphoric strength has never been greater really funny, among other things, a dark, dark laughter." -- C. K. Williams

"A vivid, astonishing, blood-curdling book." -- Stanley Kunitz

"God love her." --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Review
"A funny, mad, witty, frightening, charming, haunting book."


C.K. Williams
"Her metaphoric strength has never been greater -- really funny, among other things, a dark, dark laughter."


Review
"A funny, mad, witty, frightening, charming, haunting book."


Book Description
These poem-stories are a strange retelling of seventeen Grimms fairy tales, including "Snow White," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," "The Frog Prince," and "Red Riding Hood." Astonishingly, they are as wholly personal as Anne Sexton's most intimate poems. "Her metaphoric strength has never been greater -- really funny, among other things, a dark, dark laughter" (C.K. Williams).


About the Author
Anne Sexton (1928-1974), the author of ten collections of poems, received the Pulitzer Prize in 1967.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The fairy tale-based works of the tortured confessional poet, whose honesty and wit in the face of psychological pain have touched thousands of readers.

FROM THE CRITICS

Kurt Vonnegut

God love her.

Stanley Kunitz

A vivid, astonishing, blood-curdling book.

New York Times