This updated fairy tale by the author of SNOW WHITE AT THE DWARF COLONY takes us inside the mind of a woman so deeply possessive that she locks her adopted daughter in a tower to prevent her from having relationships with other people. Dark and disturbing, this tale presents a vivid portrait of a witch struggling with borderline personality disorder, who shifts between idealization and hatred and can't see Rapunzel as truly separate from herself. It shows the emotional damage borderlines inflict upon those they live with but cannot truly love.