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Transformations

ISBN13: 9780395127223
ISBN10: 039512722x
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The fairy tale-based works of the tortured confessional poet, whose honesty and wit in the face of psychological pain have touched thousands of readers.

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: medusa, March 24, 2007 (view all comments by medusa)
Talk about your fractured fairy tales....Transformations is a compilation of what fairy tales were meant to be but with a modern twist. No happily ever after here. If one knows a little about her history one can discover many unpleasant references to Anne's parents. Don't just read the familiar stories first, start at the beginning and go.
Lovely illustrations, too. If you are lucky, find a cassette tape of "Voice of the Poet" and Anne can read you to sleep with the Little Peasant.

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ISBN:: 9780395127223
Publisher:: Houghton Mifflin Company
Subject:: General
Subject:: American
Subject:: Literature
Subject:: Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Publication Date:: October 1979
Binding:: Trade Paper
Language:: English
Dimensions:: 8.38x5.66x.41 in. .41 lbs.

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