Elphie by Gregory Maguire Faire In a stunningly ambitious and

In a stunningly ambitious and achingly raw metafictional spiral

From small-town West Virginia to upscale California

” —Elizabeth Kolbert

but also for generations of readers who responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style

if only we are willing to look

Elphie by Gregory Maguire Faire In a stunningly ambitious andWhat happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the Westsetting the stage for the blockbuster international phenomenon that is Wicked: The Musical and the Wicked smash hit movie series. Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising