Great SF -Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire Hardcover
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Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Gregory Maguire here When Dorothy triumphed over the so-called Wicked Witch of the West in Frank Baum’s tales we heard only Dorothy’s side of the story. The Wicked Witch we think we know is the predictable green-faced villainess straight out of MGM’s imagination. But there’s more to the story than that. Where did the Wicked Witch come from? How exactly was she wicked? Why shouldn’t she want her sister’s charmed shoes? And most important what is the true nature of evil? Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl Elphaba is born with emerald green skin – no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or to overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. But Elphaba is smart and by the time she enters the university in Shiz she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens: her roommate Glinda a dippy socialite with a knack for sorcery; Boq … CLICK HERE -Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire Hardcover at www.science-fiction-books.com.au