A modern day fairy tale for grown up girls, is the subtitle
of THE ENCHANTED TRUTH. This is a very short book so I
recommend it to anyone who likes a quick read, or who needs
a quick lift of inspiration if their day isn't going well,
or who just enjoys fairytales.
A Princess has been dumped by her supposed Prince Charming
and mopes in her room. While the setting is medieval we
can easily transpose the characters to modern life. The
girl's fairy godmother appears, as in all the best tales,
but on this occasion she gives the girl a sewn leather
frog. This toy frog has a pouch into which the girl is to
put notes of her decisions, to remind her of what she
really needs.
Disgusted by this non-answer to her heartbreak, the
Princess at first throws the frog on the floor. But the
next charming prince turns out to have a handsome carriage
but a wandering eye, so the princess starts to make a list
all right, of all that a prince should be. She stores the
notes in the frog. The handsome, valiant courtiers she next
meets are either braggarts or don't treat her with respect -
more for the list! Seeing through young men like this
encourages the girl to go out and get on with having fun,
either on her own or with girlfriends, dancing, skating and
doing sporty things, until the frog has shown the girl the
truth of what her life can be without needing to have a
boyfriend to depend upon for happiness.
THE ENCHANTED TRUTH is a funny, lively little tale from Kym
Petrie which
may be just right to give a young adult girl you know for a
Christmas or birthday present. Make sure to read it
yourself as well, and tell yourself how great you really
are.
In this humorous and insightful tale, a modern day princess
finds herself single and asking for magical intervention to
change her sorry love life. Rather than casting a spell to
bring Prince Charming to her rescue, a savvy fairy godmother
gives the tenderhearted damsel an unexpected gift. By
entrusting her true thoughts and desires to an unlikely
confidant, the young royal soon discovers that the person
who could make her life everything she dreamed it would be
has been with her all along.
As author Kym Petrie herself realized, every woman needs a
froggy friend and a secret journal—and enough adventures
with the girls to keep her heart pounding and her mind
racing. Life is meant to be about happy beginnings . . . you
can never have enough of them.
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