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4977808Wise Womenhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/wise-women-9781405559324/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4528939/image.jpg?v=638527960861200000656656MXNLittle, Brown Book GroupInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>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 of <em>Hagitude</em></strong></p><p><strong>An extraordinary selection of stories ... beautifully and vividly retold</strong> <em>TLS</em><br /><strong>Genius</strong> <em>Irish Times</em><br /><strong>Treasure it!</strong> Shahrukh Husain<br /><strong>Wonderful</strong> Victoria Smith<br /><strong>The book Ive been longing for</strong> Jill Dawson<br /><strong>Thrilling</strong> Stella Duffy</p><p>This dazzling array of not-to-be-messed-with characters from a lost tradition of European myth and folklore - from ungainly giantesses and sequin-strewn fairy godmothers to misunderstood witches and craggy crones - provides inspiration for how women can walk boldly and live authentically in the second half of life.</p><p><strong>Features an exuberant cast ... The collection is precious, because its the first time that these rare, patriarchy-surviving remnants of powerful elder female folk stories have been deliberately anthologised</strong> <em>Irish Times</em><br /><strong>A fascinating collection of female myths and legends</strong> Sara Sheridan<br /><strong>I adored <em>Wise Women</em></strong> Eleanor Mills, author of <em>Much More to Come: Lessons on the mayhem and magnificence of midlife</em><br /><strong>Wondrously wise, clever and insightful as well as slyly funny</strong> AG Slatter, author of <em>The Briar Book of the Dead</em></p>...4715061Wise Women656656https://www.gandhi.com.mx/wise-women-9781405559324/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4528939/image.jpg?v=638527960861200000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20249781405559324_W3siaWQiOiI3NmY2ZDdmMi1lM2ZiLTRmZjYtODhjMC00ZDMzYjIzYzU0NmQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjYwMiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NjAyLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMC0wM1QwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9781405559324_<p><strong>An unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond</strong></p><p><em>Ungainly giantesses. Sequin-strewn fairy godmothers. Misunderstood witches. Fierce grandmothers. Hairy-chinned hags. Craggy crones.</em></p><p>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.</p><p>But from midlife onwards, women today are searching for positive versions of themselves, 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Praise for Sharon Blackie:</strong></p><p><em>Hagitude</em> is already becoming a beloved cult classic, as a myth-infused manifesto for the possibilities for life from middle age onwards <strong>Katherine May</strong></p><p>Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackies beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life <strong>Clover Stroud</strong></p><p>Fascinating, packed with stories and bursting with lovely descriptions of the natural world. Theres plenty in <em>Hagitude</em> to inspire women of every age <strong>Christina Patterson,</strong> <em><strong>Sunday Times</strong></em></p>...(*_*)9781405559324_<p><strong>An unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond</strong></p><p><strong>The book Ive been longing for</strong> JILL DAWSON, author of <em>The Bewitching</em></p><p><strong>Fascinating</strong> SARA SHERIDAN, author of <em>The Fair Botanists</em></p><p><strong>Read it, absorb it, treasure it!</strong> SHAHRUKH HUSAIN, author of <em>The Virago Book of Witches</em></p><p><em>Ungainly giantesses. Sequin-strewn fairy godmothers. Misunderstood witches. Fierce grandmothers. Hairy-chinned hags. Craggy crones.</em></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>I adored Wise Women - 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</strong> Eleanor Mills, author of <em>Much More to Come: Lessons on the mayhem and magnificence of midlife</em></p><p><strong>Praise for Sharon Blackie:</strong></p><p><em>Hagitude</em> is already becoming a beloved cult classic, as a myth-infused manifesto for the possibilities for life from middle age onwards <strong>Katherine May</strong></p><p>Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackies beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life <strong>Clover Stroud</strong></p><p>Fascinating, packed with stories and bursting with lovely descriptions of the natural world. Theres plenty in <em>Hagitude</em> to inspire women of every age <strong>Christina Patterson,</strong> <em><strong>Sunday Times</strong></em></p><p>The glorious possibility that we might age and ripen, age and grow greater, age and be-come, while also accepting that we will age and die - this is what I have come to expect from Sharon Blackies expansive work, and why I am especially excited by this collection with Angharad Wynne that revisits our old stories, making them thrilling for us now, as the midlife and older wise women we are be-coming <strong>Stella Duffy OBE</strong></p>...9781405559324_Little, Brown Book Groupaudiolibro_9781405559324_9781405559324Angharad WynneInglésMéxico2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00Little, Brown Book Group