Mothers Grimm

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Mothers Grimm by Danielle Wood, Allen & Unwin
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Danielle Wood ISBN: 9781741762358
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication: August 27, 2014
Imprint: Allen & Unwin Language: English
Author: Danielle Wood
ISBN: 9781741762358
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication: August 27, 2014
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Language: English

You make deals with God. You make deals with the Devil. You're not fussy. But as a wise man once said: It's the saying you don't care what you get what gets you jiggered. So you say it, and you're jiggered, but what you give birth to is a hedgehog. It's prickly and its cry is a noise so terrible that you wish someone would scrape fingernails on a blackboard to give you some relief.

In a fairytale, the only good mother is six feet under. All the others are bad news.

A fairytale mother will exchange her first-born child for a handful of leafy greens. And if times get tough, she'll walk her babes into the woods and leave them there.

But mothers of today do no such things. Do they?

In this collection of heartbreakingly honest stories, the mothers of the Brothers Grimm are brought - with wit, subversiveness and lyrical prose - into the here and now.

Danielle Wood turns four fairytales on their heads and makes them exquisitely her own.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

You make deals with God. You make deals with the Devil. You're not fussy. But as a wise man once said: It's the saying you don't care what you get what gets you jiggered. So you say it, and you're jiggered, but what you give birth to is a hedgehog. It's prickly and its cry is a noise so terrible that you wish someone would scrape fingernails on a blackboard to give you some relief.

In a fairytale, the only good mother is six feet under. All the others are bad news.

A fairytale mother will exchange her first-born child for a handful of leafy greens. And if times get tough, she'll walk her babes into the woods and leave them there.

But mothers of today do no such things. Do they?

In this collection of heartbreakingly honest stories, the mothers of the Brothers Grimm are brought - with wit, subversiveness and lyrical prose - into the here and now.

Danielle Wood turns four fairytales on their heads and makes them exquisitely her own.

More books from Allen & Unwin

Cover of the book Wisdom by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Winter on the Farm: Rib-sticking Dinners by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Code Breakers by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Bush Birthday by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book The Devil in Tim by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book The Exceptional Brain and How It Changed the World by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Not Right In The Head by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book 101 Ways to Advertise Your Business by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Creating Unequal Futures? by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Amen by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Little Theories of Life by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Handmade Style: Quilt by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Lionheart by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Who Killed Scott Guy? by Danielle Wood
Cover of the book Disobedient Gardens by Danielle Wood
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy