About the Book
Be careful what you wish for...
""I'm actually a smart girl who
would make any man an excellent wife. But no man sees that. No man is
interested in my mind or personality, just my whatevers. So here is my
wish: I'm board stiff. I want Adventure, Excitement, and Romance.”
So begins Piers Anthony's 38th Xanth novel, in which Irrelevant Candy,
looks at her reflection in the water of the shallow well and sees
luxuriant midnight black hair to her breathtakingly slender waist,
matching dark eyes in a lovely face. A torso coming yea-close to
absolute perfection. She was man's desire. That was part of the problem.
And in the shallow magic of a wishing well, she asks her wish to be
granted. Something happens. A sudden whirlwind surrounds her, lifting
her up and ripping off her clothing. She is changing, somehow. Then she
falls flat on the ground.
Literally. She has been transformed into a flat, stiff board with two knotholes for eyes.
