Geras, Ad?le

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My grandmother's stories

a collection of Jewish folk tales
1990

Sleeping Beauty

2004
A retelling of the classic fairy tale in which a scorned fairy, Skura, bestows a wicked gift upon the infant Princess Aurora that can only be thwarted by true love. Features illustrations by Christian Birmingham.

Troy

2002
The last weeks of the Trojan War find the women sick of tending the wounded, men tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses trying to find ways to stir things up.

Ithaka

2006
The island of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors demanding that Penelope choose a new husband, as she patiently awaits the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War.

My wishes for you

2002
Expresses the wishes a parent has for a child all day long, from morning kisses and sunshine to a quilt providing warmth and safety through the moonlit night.

The tower room

1998
In a modern version of the Rapunzel fairy tale, Megan, who lives at a secluded girl's school where her foster mother is headmistress, falls in love for the first time with the young man her foster mother has chosen for herself.

Pictures of the night

1998
In a modern version of the Snow White fairy tale, eighteen-year-old Bella is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents while singing with a small band in London and Paris during her summer break from school, and believes them to be caused by her jealous, malevolent stepmother.

Watching the roses

1992
After being raped at her eighteenth birthday party, an English girl, whose life resembles a modern version of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, withdraws into silent thoughts of her unusual family and the events that led to her trauma.

Beauty and the beast and other stories

1996
Retelling of eight classic fairy tales, featuring the title story in which Beauty learns about the transforming power of love.

Troy

2001
The last weeks of the Trojan War find the women sick of tending the wounded, men tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses trying to find ways to stir things up.

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