Wise Women - A New Mythology of Older Women
By Sharon Blackie

An unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond, from the award-winning author ofand Hagitude'An extra­ordinary selection of stories ... beautifully and vividly retold'and TLS'Features an exuberant cast ...and The collection is precious ... Genius'and IRISH TIMES'A fascinating collection of female myths and legends' SARA SHERIDAN, author ofand The Fair BotanistsFrom 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 - from ungainly giantesses and sequin-strewn fairy godmothers to misunderstood witches and craggy crones - 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.'Read it, absorb it, treasure it!'and SHAHRUKH HUSAIN, author ofand The Virago Book of Witches'Wonderful, both comforting and inspiring'and VICTORIA SMITH, author ofand Hags'The book I've been longing for'and JILL DAWSON, author ofand The Bewitching'I adoredand Wise Womenand - this is the missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle when it comes to reframing the narrative in our culture about the role of older females'and ELEANOR MILLS, author ofand Much More to Come: Lessons on the mayhem and magnificence of midlife'Reading it quenched a thirst I didn't know I had. Oh for a world where stories of the power and joy of women's elder years are celebrated everywhere'and DOREEN CUNNINGHAM, author ofand Soundings'Revisits our old stories, making them thrilling for us now'and STELLA DUFFY OBE