Cinderella Tales: Part Two

About this book

Between the corridors of a life that never stops ambushing us, Amnia Ashour appears in the second part of "Cinderella Tales" — not to retell old myths but to resurrect "Cinderella" anew in the details of our complex reality. Have you ever asked yourself: what if the glass slipper were a forgotten piece of land in the heart of the desert, or the golden carriage merely a coincidence gathering a strange lonely girl with a mysterious young man in the alley of Bab El-Louq? In this book we do not merely read stories but track souls in their battle between greed and selflessness, between the cruelty of the past and the glitter of hope. The writer moves us skillfully between "the grandfather's land," detonating bitter family conflicts, and the journey of "Karamella," who faced "the killing loneliness" to make of the ashes of despair a businesswoman others point to with admiration. It is a journey into the depths of the human psyche, where a murderer turns into a merciful father by the innocence of a little girl, and the "ant" becomes the savior of an entire family from the dispersal of loss. This work is an invitation to discover the Cinderella within each of us — not the one waiting for the prince, but the one fighting her greatest battle daily: the battle to remain kind in a world that punishes kindness. Modern fairy tales carrying ancient wisdom.