The author of the book the secret Cinderella story is Carolyn Turgeon. The different ending makes this unique. It is not the typical happy ending story. It is in fact not a Cinderella story. It is about a girl named Lil.
Lil is the old woman who struggles to make ends meet. She works for a divorced man, George. Mr. George possesses a bookstore in Manhattan. The only enjoyment and happiness for Lil is reading the books she sells. She usually spends her night alone. Nevertheless, the character Lil has one secret, which makes the story interesting. Lil was a fairy. Once she was a fairy not an old fairy, is the one accountable for dressing up Cinderella. She was responsible for making the life of Cinderella happier. However, Lil falls in love with the prince and therefore takes the place of Cinderella. It makes the secret Cinderella story more interesting.
Later, she went to the ball in her human guise. This was an unpardonable sin in her fairy world because fairies should not feel the human emotions. It made Lil to live the life of an ordinary woman. Now she cannot go back to her fairy world. Once a woman comes to her shop and falls for the wrong men. She decides to bring Mr. George and Victoria together; it can help her to go back to her fairy world.
The entire secret Cinderella story switches between past and present day of New York. The Secret Cinderella story is one of its kinds. It can assist your child to go through the imaginary fairy world. Nevertheless, if you want go for a romantic story then it is definitely not.
by Jared Lee
