Mrs. Beast

Mrs. Beast looks at what happens to fairy tale heroines once the story has ended and the wedding bells have faded. Beauty, having married a prince, discovers she would rather be with the gentle Beast she left behind. She sets out to track down Elora, the enchantress who turned him into a prince, and persuade her to reverse the spell. Her journey leads her through Grimm Land, a gloomy realm where unhappiness seems to spread everywhere, and she meets several famous princesses who have settled into lives far from their storybook endings. Some have built unusual households, others struggle to get by, and one has grown weary of the years. Told with sharp wit and a darker edge, this retelling turns familiar fairy tales inside out and asks readers to look at them differently.