"Cinderella Liberator" by Rebecca Solnit presents a reimagined version of the classic fairy tale. In this retelling, Cinderella is not just a passive character waiting for rescue but an empowered young woman who seeks her own path to happiness. With the help of her fairy godmother, she challenges societal norms, critiques the notion of "happily ever after," and embraces her independence. This modern take encourages readers to question traditional narratives surrounding love, marriage, and personal agency, ultimately celebrating the strength and resilience of women. The story inspires readers to envision their own liberations and to find joy outside of prescribed roles. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2019 by Tantor Audio .

Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, hope and disaster, including the books Men Explain Things to Me , Call Them By Their True Names , Hope in the Dark , and The Mother of All Questions all with Haymarket Books; a trilogy of atlases of American cities; The Faraway Nearby ; A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster ; A Field Guide to Getting Lost ; Wanderlust: A History of Walking ; and River of Shadows, Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West . She has received numerous awards and accolades, including a Guggenheim, the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism, and the Lannan Literary Award for nonfiction. She was a finalist in 2017 for the PEN America Art of the Essay award for The Mother of All Questions that was also listed as one of The San Francisco Chronicle's best books of the year. A product of the California public education system from kindergarten to graduate school, she is a columnist at Harper's and a regular contributor to The Guardian.