'Grimm's Grimmest' restores the original Grimm fairy tales in all their bloody detail. Illustrated by Tracy Arah Dockray, introduction and translation by Maria Tatar.
Sobbing toddlers, husbands with no hair on their knees and breezes up their freezer sections, windows lined with dark towels and animals with oral fixations -- we at Mothers Who
Think believe each of these poor wretches deserves a prize, don't
we, ladies?
After deliberations as agonizing as the ordeals
described by the entrants, our gentle readers have chosen the
winner of the Salon Drama Queen for a Day contest.
Aggie Max, author of "The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel," says it's not just the lack of money that makes escape nearly impossible it's the culture of poverty.
We asked readers to
share their rottenest-day-as-a-parent stories with us, and now, after
much e-mail outpouring of woe and calamity, we want to share
their stories with you.
