Myths and stories for midlife and beyond.

Auteurs: Sharon Blackie & Angharad Wynne

Jaar: 2018

Druk: niet genoemd

ISBN: 9780349018324 / 0349018324

Taal: Engels

304 pagina's

Uitgeverij: Ankh-Hermes

Paperback, nieuw.  

Achterflaptekst:

An unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales celebrating the wisdom and power of older women.

Ungainly giantesses. Sequin-strewn fairy godmothers. Misunderstood witches. Fierce grandmothers. Hairy-chinned hags. Craggy crones.

From early childhood, we learn about the world and its possibilities through myths and fairy tales. The heroines, though, tend to be golden-haired princesses, and the evil-doers often older women.

But women today are searching for positive versions of themselves from midlife onwards, and this dazzling array of not-to-be-messed-with characters provides them. They outwit monsters, test and mentor younger heroines, embody the cycles and seasons of the earth, weave the world into being - and almost always have the last laugh.

These women manifest their wisdom in different ways, and so offer us inspiration for how we too can walk boldly and live authentically in the second half of life.

'The book I've been longing for.' - Jill Dawson, author of The Bewitching.

'A fascinating collection.' - Sara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists.

'Wondrously wise, clever and insightful as well as slyly funny.' - A.G. Slatter author of The Briar Book of the Dead.

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