Briar Rose: A Novel of the Holocaust (Paperback) by Jane Yolen, Terri Windling

from krau0098

I really like fairy tale retellings, so I was eager to read this book. It is a good book, but not so much about fairy tales as about the Holocaust and one girl's struggle to uncover her grandmother's past. Becca's grandmother, Gemma, always tells the story of Sleeping Beauty. As Gemma ages and ge...

from lifeafterjane

"'Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen." When you think about fairy tales, one tends to picture the standard issue beautiful princess, there is an evil adversary (usually a stepmother), and said princess is rescued from whatever ...

from fyrefly98

Summary: Becca's grandmother was always an excellent storyteller, but there was only one story she'd tell - the fairy tale of Briar Rose. Just before she dies, she claims that she is the real Briar Rose from the story, and makes Becca promise to find out the truth of her history. The rest of her ...

from sunnycouger

You know, when I picked this up I don't know what I was expecting to be honest. Sleeping Beauty retelling ticked my fairytale obsession, Holocaust twist ticked my history and originality boxes and the fact it was well written and engaging just made everything better after the last few books.Despi...

from rainpebble

I just finished reading "Briar Rose" by Jane Yolen. This one is a take on "Sleeping Beauty" & is like nothing I have ever read before. The grandmother tells her three granddaughters the same fairy tale over & over again; they love it & can not hear it often enough. It is quite different that the ...