Author: Mina V. Esguerra Title: Fairy Tale Fail Place Published: Manila, Philippines Publisher: Summit Books Year Published: 2012 No. of Pages: 142 Price: P175 Place Bought: National Book Store, Greenbelt 1 Have you ever dreamed of living happily-ever-after with the love of your life? What happens when your dreams fall apart? This is the premise of Mina V. Esguerra ’s contemporary romance novella Fairy Tale Fail . Eleanor Andrea Manuel is a young professional working at a financial services firm in Makati City. Her boyfriend Don Padilla is her office mate. Ellie sees Don as dependable and friendly. He’s a “good guy,” the kind of guy her parents would love. She’s the heroine of her fairy tale love story, and he’s her Prince Charming. Then reality strikes unexpectedly. Don dumps Ellie. He says she lacks passion, ambition, money-sense, and is “a failure at relationships.” He misses the free-spirited Ellie he first met. She is devastated, but resilient. She sees her situa
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