No Missing Parts: And Other Stories about Real Princesses

by Anne Laurel Carter

Resource Links Best of the Year Centuries ago, Princess Sheila NaGeira finds herself stranded with her lover on a rocky outcrop ten leagues from Newfoundland's shore. In the late nineteenth century, Sybil finds love in the parched badlands of Drumheller. During World War II, Ruthie retrieves the ring that her dead brother gave to an unfaithful girlfriend before he left to fight in the war. Today, Tess fears that her new-age boyfriend, Guy, had flown the coop and left her pregnant. No Missing Parts is for those who like princesses that are nothing like Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella. It is for those who believe that love can save us, but that it never appears as a handsome prince. It is for those who would like to confront the princess myth and, instead of bowing politely, challenge its very foundations. The stories collected here range over centuries, celebrating real women who become leaders, who defy social conventions, and who learn the hard way what it means to fall in love without giving up part of oneself.

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 14, 2003

About the author

Anne Laurel Carter has been a waitress, baker, store clerk, fruit picker and milked cows. Her all-time favourite job was being a school librarian. She often writes about experiences she, her siblings, her friends, her four children, even complete strangers had, or she imagines they had, and then embellishes. Liberally. She divides her year, writing and teaching, between Toronto and Nova Scotia.

Reviews

[Kelsey Ketcham · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book, it was a very light and easy read. My problem with it lies mainly in that there were like 4 stories about "actual princesses" and the rest were about normal girls doing normal girl things and while I'm super into that it's not what I was expecting. otherwise still really good. I would recommend it to others.