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Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird
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Start date
January 6, 2015
Why we're reading this
Retelling Snow White in 1950s New England from the perspective of the wicked stepmother.

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alana
Jan 07, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelves: females-and-feminists, historical-fiction, 2015-read-harder
Hmm…I’m still digesting this one, and I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take away from it. Boy, Snow, Bird is less a reinvention of Snow White, but rather a work of historical fiction in which certain characters are inspired by Snow White and her wicked stepmother. I’m most familiar with the Disney version of the fairytale and the Fables reinvention of the characters. So now I’m wondering…who’s Bird? Is that Rose Red? Really? Or maybe it doesn’t matter…

While there is a touch of magical realism, ...more
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Noam
Jan 22, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: anglo-america, audiolibros
Beautiful.
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