Hansel and Greta

Nov 16, 2024 8:44 PM

Author:Jeanette Winterson,Laura Barrett

Hansel and Greta

Jeanette Winterson retells 'Hansel and Gretel'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories.

'Deep in the wood'

Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest - a forest in danger of destruction.

GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn't appreciate Hansel and Greta's plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they're horrible little vegetarians.

GreedyGuts doesn't give two hoots about nature. She favours luxury and living it up: eating, shopping and partying hard. And so she hatches a plan to get rid of the meddling, do-gooder kids...deep in the wood.

Reviews

Enjoyably monstrous

—— Imogen Russell Williams , Times Literary Supplement

A humorous, spellbinding fairy tale

—— Woman's Weekly

[A] riotously funny re-telling of Hansel and Gretel... Hilarious

—— Eithne Farry , Sunday Express

Full of Catherine Doyle's signature blend of humour, hope, and heart, this is a modern Christmas classic in the making. With clever nods to the original, Doyle's fresh take on the familiar tale will delight readers of all ages

—— Katie and Kevin Tsang

An absolute Christmas cracker: whip-smart, witty and warm, bursting with emotion and laugh-out-loud jokes. A classic Christmas treat reconfigured into a heartwarming family romp for the 21st century, featuring an elf on the shelf that's bad for your health. Kids and adults alike will love spotting how Doyle has ingeniously adapted the original text, but more than anything else, they'll be swept away by George's fight to bring back Christmas and save his father. I utterly loved it

—— Ross Montgomery

Both a celebration of a Christmas classic while also being a magical adventure all of its own. Heart-warming, incredibly funny, and action-packed, it's a story that truly captures the spirit of Christmas

—— Anna James

Catherine Doyle has done the impossible - she has breathed new life into this much loved and oft retold story, sprinkling it with her inimitable warmth, charm, and humour. This vividly exciting and poignant retelling made me believe in magic as fervently as I did when I was a child. It is, to my mind, destined to become a Christmas classic

—— Louise O'Neill

A charming reimagining of one of my favourite childhood reads, managing to be both heart-warmingly familiar, and refreshingly new at the same time. It's filled with miracle-making curiosities, a delightfully bonkers cast, a purple reindeer with a grudge, and a quest to mend two very broken hearts. All-in-all, a magical whirlwind of an adventure filled with heart, hilarity, and miraculous mayhem

—— Hana Tooke

Delightfully festive . . . Warm, imaginative, and brimming with Christmas magic

—— Carlie Sorosiak

This reimagining of A Christmas Carol is simply spellbinding

—— iNews

This is a beautiful, magical adventure

—— Tricia Adams , Lovereading4kids

A dazzling feat of imagination. Enchanting: I was bewitched

—— Saga Magazine

Catherine Doyle's delightful novel moves deftly from melancholy to "jolly holly", genial all the way

—— Financial Times

An instant Christmas classic

—— The Irish Times

Action-packed, full of imagination...uplifting

—— The Independent

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