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After watching the broadway musical Wicked at the Ford Center in Chicago, I immediately bought this book and read it during my long haul flight home. It was a challenging book for a sleep deprived and exhausted mind to read. Overwhelming details, uncommon words and the descriptions were too lengthy for my liking. I was left with unanswered questions long after I finished reading. Still, I was captivated by the whole story plot.  

 In the children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the story was centered on Dorothy Gale who killed the Wicked Witch of the West. That was the story that everyone was familiar with during their childhood. 

 In Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the story is all about a green-skinned little girl named Elphaba who grew up to be the Wicked Witch of the West. She's more than just wicked. She was an outcast who was befriended by a popular girl in school, fell in love, fought for what she believed in and eventually became a witch. 

 A far cry from the original children's story,  allow this book to take you to an imaginary world where animals can talk and fight for equality.  A long story plot revolving around friendship, romance, adultery, politics, social classes, religion, magic, sorcery, intrigue, death and deception.






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