{"product_id":"kissing-the-witch-old-tales-in-new-skins","title":"Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These tales are revolutionary.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- The San Francisco Examiner \u0026amp; Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed. Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Donoghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Donoghue \u003c\/strong\u003eis a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. \u003cem\u003eRoom\u003c\/em\u003e sold almost three million copies, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes. Donoghue scripted the Canadian-Irish film adaptation, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. \u003cem\u003eThe Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Donoghue co-wrote the 2022 screen adaptation for Netflix.\u003cem\u003e The Pull of the Stars \u003c\/em\u003ewas a finalist for the Trillium Book Award and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. \u003cem\u003eHaven\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award. Donoghue's fiction ranges from the contemporary (\u003cem\u003eStir-Fry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLanding\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTouchy Subjects\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAkin\u003c\/em\u003e) to the historical (\u003cem\u003eLearned by Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlammerkin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sealed Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAstray\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFrog Music\u003c\/em\u003e) and includes two books for young readers, \u003cem\u003eThe Lotterys Plus One\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lotterys More or Less\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emma Donoghue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50983670317341,"sku":"9780064407724","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780064407724.jpg?v=1772301293","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/kissing-the-witch-old-tales-in-new-skins","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}