Gregory Maguire: Galinda (Deluxe Limited Edition), Gebunden
Galinda (Deluxe Limited Edition)
- A Charmed Childhood
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- Publisher:
- Harper Collins Publ. USA, 09/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780063495272
- Item number:
- 12559545
- Volume:
- 272 Pages
- Weight:
- 646 g
- Format:
- 210 x 140 mm
- Thickness:
- 24 mm
- Release date:
- 29.9.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In this sister volume to Elphie, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Gregory Maguire shares the eagerly awaited origin story of Galinda, the pink-clad, effervescent, and popular favorite character.
A deluxe limited edition hardcover featuring stenciled edges, designed endpapers, and more---is available for a limited time while supplies last!
Who was Glinda the Good Witch before she floated down in her bubble to greet Dorothy? Who was Glinda before she became Elphaba Thropp's magnetic and popular roommate at Shiz University?
Well, before then, she was Galinda. With a "ga."
The youngest of four children in a high-born family down on their luck, Galinda is both pampered and ignored. Her natural grace promises to elevate her in the district dance competitions---but these efforts distract her from seeing the growing resentments of local merchants who disapprove of her family's business strategies. Enmired in the self-satisfactions and unnamed timidities of childhood, Galinda finds in herself neither canniness nor the need to cultivate it. However, as her father deftly pivots around the snares and nets laid for him by his competitors, Galinda begins to dance toward a life that might lift her above her proud, if hardscrabble, childhood.
Galinda reveals the girl behind the bubbly, shallow cliché---offering fans of Wicked their first richer glimpse into the life of a beloved and iconic character.
Biography
Gregory Maguire, 1954 in Albany, New York geboren, studierte Anglistik und Amerikanistik und leitete von 1979 bis 1985 das Simmons College for the Study of Children's Literature, an dem er auch als Professor Englische Literatur unterrichtete. Gregory Maguire hat rund 25 Bücher für Kinder- und Jugendliche veröffentlicht. Er hat drei Kinder adoptiert und lebt heute in der Nähe von Boston, Massachusetts.
