 The author starts by asking himself the question what about that rat who was turned into Cinderella's coachman? He was temporarily a fully functional human man. At the stroke of midnight when he becomes a rat again, he's not going to be the same. This book focuses on the life of that poor rat after his unfortunate encounter with Cinderella's fairy godmother. Since I first read this book in the early 90s, I don't think a single day has gone by when I have not thought about this story and I predict that when you read it, you'll never forget it either.