WISE WOMEN: MYTHS AND STORIES FOR MIDLIFE AND BEYOND (HB)

From the author of If Women Rose Rooted and Hagitude, this is an unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond. From early childhood, we learn about the world and its possibilities through myths and fairy tales. The heroines tend to be golden-haired princesses, while the evil-doers are 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. In these stories, older women 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.