My Life as a Monster

Content : You know the tale of Beauty and the Beast… but did you know it’s based on a true story?

Catherine (the Beauty) and Pierre (the Beast) live at the French court under the reign of Catherine de’ Medici. One of their daughters, Tognina, inherited from her father a body covered in hair, which made her, in the eyes of her contemporaries, at best a curiosity, and at worst a freak shown in courts across Europe.

How can she escape such a fate? How can she pursue her dreams of love and adventure when she is, in fact, a real young girl? Will she even have the right to fall in love—and perhaps to be loved in return?

The unique story of a young girl fighting to ensure that her difference is not a curse.