Resultados para "Fairy Tale" en Psicológica

On the edge of a fog-swept cliff in Maine, a lighthouse keeper named Ephraim Merrow keeps watch—not for ships, but for someone to finally see him. He was once told he was destined for greatness. But after a failed career in New York and years of solitude, Ephraim begins writing journals filled with bitter philosophy, painful introspection, and a growing obsession with a woman from town named Clara Albright.

On a languid midsummer’s day in the countryside, old Adam Godley, a renowned theoretical mathematician, is dying. His family gathers at his bedside: his son, young Adam, struggling to maintain his marriage to a radiantly beautiful actress; his nineteen-year-old daughter, Petra, filled with...

These three novella-length tales explore psychological themes latent in the classic Grimm versions. Rather than presenting two-dimensional "good" heroines pitted against "evil" step-mothers, Grim portrays fully realized characters grappling with shame and self-doubt, suffering at the hands of mothers best thought of as narcissistic in modern terminology. Due to their dark themes and some graphic sexual material, these tales are not for the faint of heart and are unsuitable for children.

A magical and stunningly original story that charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men from the bestselling author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, The Rules of Magic “Headstrong women, reckless love affairs and a liberal dusting of the supernatural are the pleasurable...