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"Wicked" writer to release new novel about Glinda the Good Witch

Now, that's the power of love, baby
Now, that's the power of love, baby
2 Dec - Gregory Maguire, the writer of the 1995 novel that inspired the Broadway-goes-big screen blockbuster, "Wicked" is releasing a prequel novel about the Good Witch, Glinda.

Titled "Galinda: A Charmed Childhood" (which is Glinda's actual name before she changed it in the course of the "Wicked" storyline), the novel is dubbed the sister volume to "Elphie: A Wicked Childhood" and will explore the character's beginning.

Its synopsis is as follows: "The youngest of four children in a high-born family down on their luck, Galinda is both pampered and ignored. Her natural grace promises to elevate her in the district dance competitions - but these efforts distract her from seeing the growing resentments of local merchants who disapprove of her family's business strategies."

"Enmired in the self-satisfactions and unnamed timidities of childhood, Galinda finds in herself neither canniness nor the need to cultivate it. However, as her father deftly pivots around the snares and nets laid for him by his competitors, Galinda begins to dance toward a life that might lift her above her proud, if hardscrabble, childhood."

Ariana Grande recently reprised her role as Glinda in the second and final chapter of "Wicked". The movie, "Wicked: For Good" has made USD 393 million at the box office in its second week.
Gregory Maguire is the author of
Gregory Maguire is the author of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West"


Related Movies:
Wicked: For Good (20 Nov 2025)
Wicked (21 Nov 2024)


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