06/29/2009 - Book of the Week

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire

When Dorothy triumphed over the so-called Wicked Witch of the West in Frank Baum's tales, we heard only Dorothy's side of the story. The Wicked Witch we think we know is the predictable, green-faced villainess straight out of MGM's imagination. But there's more to the story than that. Where did the Wicked Witch come from? How exactly was she wicked?

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