Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling is adapted from a hit sketch show called Femme Fairy Tales that ran for a year at UCB in New York City and toured to Los Angeles and Chicago. The book is written by Laura Lane and Ellen Haun and illustrated by Nicole Miles.

ABOUT THE BOOK: You know what? It’s super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn’t by marrying a rich dude—or by wearing fragile footwear, for that matter. And while we’re at it, why is the only woman who lives with seven men expected to do the cooking, cleaning, and laundry?

Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling offers a rollicking parody of classic tales that turns sweet, submissive princesses into women who are perfectly capable of being the heroes of their own stories. Mulan climbs the ranks in the army but wages a different war when she finds out she’s getting paid less than her fellow male captains, Wendy learns never to trust a man-boy who creeps in from a window, Sleeping Beauty’s prince gets a lesson in consent, and more.

Bursting with laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp twists to these outdated tales, Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling is fun, magical, necessary, and totally woke.

“Witty and remarkable.”
—Jenny Mollen, bestselling author of I Like You Just The Way I Am

“A dynamite read . . . an express train to Laugh City.
—Joel McHale, actor, comedian, and author of Thanks for the Money

“A hilarious, refreshing, and modern retelling of our favorite fairy tales featuring realistic and relatable female characters that, blessedly, wasn’t written by a couple of old white dudes.”
—Laura Wilcox, author of I Am Bride