
Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there is far more to her story, and her magical hair, and her future than she ever knew. When she finally decides to leave the only home she's ever known-to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday-she gets caught up in an unexpected adventure with two thieves: a would-be outlaw named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel.įor eighteen years Rapunzel stays imprisoned in her tower, knowing she must protect everyone from her magical hair. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl?with hair as silver and gray as the moon. WHAT ONCE WAS MINE From the Twisted Tale series by Liz Braswell RELEASE DATE: Sept. but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there is far more to her story, and her magical hair, and her future than she ever knew.The 12th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?ĭesperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her.


But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. What Once Was Mine A Twisted Tale by: Liz Braswell Store Select. Liz Braswell’s What Once Was Mine, a retelling of the 2010 movie Tangled, asks the question: what if Rapunzel’s mother drank from the wrong flower In this case, rather than the Sundrop flower, which granted Rapunzel (and her hair) the power of healing, she drank the Moondrop flower, which comes with a whole host of complications.

This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl†What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?ĭesperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her.
