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So she married her handsome prince and they lived happily ever after. Ever noticed how many fairytales end with that line? Sort of unsatisfactory, really. All the interesting things that happen to our heroines - evil stepmothers, being locked in towers, coaches made from pumpkins - and then nothing? Well, nothing but dull and happy domesticity they’d lead us to believe. Was I the only young girl who wondered what happened after that: when the curtains fell, when the credits rolled? Did the princess have her own palace? How many children did she have? Did the handsome prince ascend to the throne and, if so, did our heroine turn out to be a wise and fair queen? Were there anxious times when the prince had to fight a fire-breathing dragon, go to battle, or perhaps almost succumb to the charms of a comely lady-in-waiting? These were the questions that occupied my impressionable mind. Like to continue reading...?
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 An irreverent and painfully honest take on the fairytale of wedded bliss. O'Reilly is a wickedly funny, naughty, new Australian voice. |
