Once Upon a Time of War, Volume II: Stories of European Women During World War II (English Edition)

Another volume of this unique and intriguing collection of short stories about European women and their struggles during the Second World War, when the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm and Mother Goose get twisted by the devastation of war. Stories include Miss Muffet: A British woman working in a furniture factory gets unintentionally embroiled in espionage. Snow White and the Dwarves are Serbian circus performers trying not to be caught up in Nazi cleansing operations. Mary had a little lamb, and Old MacDonald had a farm in Scotland, near a German POW camp. Also included: Old Mother Hubbard, in Trondheim, Norway, and Beauty and the Beast in Belgium.