Miranda and Her Daughters

MIRANDA AND HER DAUGHTERS turns the Cinderella story on its head. Stepmothers traditionally get a terrible rap. Fathers and mothers--even mothers-in-law--may be good or bad but stepmothers are always wicked. But now that blended families are almost the norm we need to challenge the stereotype. MIRANDA addresses the issue head-on in a way that is quirky sexy playful and at timesserious. It takes the storyline from the Brothers Grimm but brings it up to date gives it a distinctly adult flavor and sets it between London England and Portland Oregon. The tale will appeal to women--and men--who take on the difficult job of raising other people's children as well as their own. More it provides the missing 'back story': how Cinderella's father met his second wife or why the new wife's two daughters had a problem with shoes. Above all it shows that the protagonists in most cobbled-together marriages are well-meaning if only human.