{"product_id":"2940156781461","title":"Beautiful Beautiful","description":"Kerrin Mayham's eye for beauty has shaped her life. Now a mother, she wants to teach her daughter that beauty can be both nourishing and treacherous. However, Mirabella is far too young to hear the truth of her mother's hard-won knowledge, so Kerrin wraps a fantastical bedtime story of magic shoes, enchanted oak trees, witches, and sad kings around actual events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs mother tells the story and daughter interjects, Kerrin can't help but return to her past when she was at the pinnacle of her career as an independent film director. Seduced by a beautiful young predator, she takes a risk that puts her life in danger and shakes the core of her identity. Finally forced to ask the hard questions about the demons that drive her, Kerrin doesn't flinch. Her honest answers deepen her experience of life--and her eye for beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novella is a retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen tale \"Beautiful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce Upon a Time Today is a collection of contemporary fairy tale retellings for those who have already left home. The Girl Who Believed in Fairy Tales is a prelude to the collection and includes the three short stories:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Girl Who Watched for Elves\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The Girl Who Dreamed of Red Shoes\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The Girl Who Couldn't Sing\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovellas in the Once Upon a Time Today collection:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful Beautiful\u003cbr\u003eDreaming of the Sea\u003cbr\u003eThe Tree Hugger\u003cbr\u003eI Am Lily Dane\u003cbr\u003eThe Snow Queen (Coming in 2017!)","brand":"Half-Faerie Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112115388656,"sku":"2940156781461","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156781461_p0.jpg?v=1764091488","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156781461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}