Behind This Mirror |
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Author:
| Bertone, Lena |
Editor:
| King, Rebecca Martone, Sam |
Editor-In-Chief:
| King, Rebecca |
Designed by:
| King, Rebecca |
Associate Editor:
| Martone, Sam |
Artist:
| Pierce, Nathan |
Cover Design by:
| Pierce, Nathan |
Drawings by:
| Pierce, Nathan |
Illustrator:
| Pierce, Nathan |
ISBN: | 978-0-9887044-3-5 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
Publisher: | Bull City Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.00 |
Book Description:
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For her next trick, Lena Bertone will show you seven sisters each with their own particular beauty, a magician who demands you leave your wallet at the door, an angry appendage with a mind of its own, a woman who waxes and wanes, and a sad story that is exactly 69% true. The stories in Behind This Mirror flip the fables and fairy tales you remember on their heads. Here, the beautiful and the grotesque are one and the same, both a blessing and a curse. Bertone's characters struggle with...
More DescriptionFor her next trick, Lena Bertone will show you seven sisters each with their own particular beauty, a magician who demands you leave your wallet at the door, an angry appendage with a mind of its own, a woman who waxes and wanes, and a sad story that is exactly 69% true. The stories in Behind This Mirror flip the fables and fairy tales you remember on their heads. Here, the beautiful and the grotesque are one and the same, both a blessing and a curse. Bertone's characters struggle with their bodily confines in a world that defines people based on appearances. These stories hold mirrors up to their most intimate truths, then shatter them.