Confessions of an ugly stepsister - Maguire, Gregory 1954- (Regan Books, 2000)
Prologue : stories painted on porcelain – 1. The obscure child – Marketplace – Stories told through windows – Looking – Meadow – Sitting for Schoonmaker – Girl with wildflowers – Half a door – Van den Meer's household – 2. The imp-riddled house – The small room of outside – Small oils – The masterpiece – Rue, sage, thyme, and temper – Reception – Virginal – Simples – 3. The girl of ashes – Flowers for the dead – Plague and quarantine – The nowhere windmill – Invitations – A fair light on a full table – Wind and tide – The girl of ashes – Finery – Spine and chamber – Collapses – 4. The gallery of God's mistakes – Campaigns – The gallery of God's mistakes – Cinderella – Van Stolk and van Antum – The night before the ball – The changeling – Small magic – Tulip and turnips – 5. The ball – The Medici ball – Clarissa of Aragon – Midnight – A most unholy night – The second slipper – Epilogue : stories written in oils