Summary of this Book... | ||
"This is a story about stories. Or what it really means to be a fairy godmother. But it's also, particularly, about reflections and mirrors." This is the third book in the Discworld witches series. Fairy godmothers develop a very deep understanding about human nature, which makes the good ones kind and the bad ones powerful. Inheriting a fairy godmother role seemed an easy job… after all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn’t marry a prince? Quite hard, it turns out, even for Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. The problem with real-life is it tends to get in the way of a good story, and a good story is hard to resist. Servant girls have to marry the prince, whether they want to or not. You can’t fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a rival Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can’t refuse. | ||
Further Comments... | ||
The three witches (plus Nanny Ogg's cat Greebo) need to travel to 'foreign parts' (Genua) On the journey, they encounter a vampire; deal with a briar entangled castle with a spinning wheel and a sleeping girl; they 'experience' a bull run; on a paddle-boat, Granny Weatherwax wins back all the money Nanny Ogg lost playing Cripple Mr Onion (a card game) and they come across a yellow-brick road. In Genua, the witches meet Mrs Gogol the local swamp witch and voodoo lady who helps them fight the story of the servant girl marrying the prince. All I can say is if you don't find this book funny at all there's really no help for you. | ||
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