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Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformation
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9780812975451
- Book Title
- Spinning Straw Into Gold : What Fairy Tales Reveal about the Transformations in a Woman's Life
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science
- Topic
- Inspiration & Personal Growth, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, General, Women's Studies, Subjects & Themes / General
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
About this product
Product Information
What's your favorite fairy tale? Whether it's "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Hansel and Gretel," or another story, your answer reveals something significant about you, your experiences, and your soul. In this penetrating book, Joan Gould brings to the surface the hidden meanings in fairy tales and myths, and illuminates what they can tell you about the stages in your own life. As Gould explores the transformations that women go through from youth to old ageleaving home and mother, the first experience of sexuality, the surprising ambivalence of marriage, the spiritual work required by menopause and agingher keen observations will enrich your awareness of your inner life. Full of archetypal figures known to us all, Spinning Straw into Gold also includes stories from the lives of ordinary women that clarify the insights to be gained from the beloved tales that have been handed down from one generation to the next.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812975456
ISBN-13
9780812975451
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46982548
Product Key Features
Book Title
Spinning Straw Into Gold : What Fairy Tales Reveal about the Transformations in a Woman's Life
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Inspiration & Personal Growth, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, General, Women's Studies, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Literary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Brilliant . . . belongs by any woman's bedside, inside any commuting woman's briefcase, next to any woman's reading chair, for its surprising yet deeply recognizable truths about women's lives." Elizabeth Berg, author of The Year of Pleasures and Open House "Open Joan Gould's lovely book anywhere and you will find something recognizable, as relevant today as when you were a child. That's the magic of fairy tales. Be wise, be strong, and grab life like the heroes and heroines in Spinning Straw into Gold." Nancy Friday, author of My Mother, My Self and My Secret Garden "Taking the life of woman through her changes, from maiden to matron to crone, Joan Gould has written a passionate song of praise for life itself. Her book is as nourishing as the fairy tales she treats. Her inspired Spinning Straw into Gold rejuvenates us all." Robert Fagles, translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey "This is at once a deep yet thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable book." Maggie Scarf, author of Secrets, Lies, Betrayals and Intimate Partners, "Brilliant . . . belongs by any woman's bedside, inside any commuting woman's briefcase, next to any woman's reading chair, for its surprising yet deeply recognizable truths about women's lives." Elizabeth Berg,author of The Year of Pleasures and Open House "Open Joan Gould's lovely book anywhere and you will find something recognizable, as relevant today as when you were a child. That's the magic of fairy tales. Be wise, be strong, and grab life like the heroes and heroines in Spinning Straw into Gold." Nancy Friday, author of My Mother, My Self and My Secret Garden "Taking the life of woman through her changes, from maiden to matron to crone, Joan Gould has written a passionate song of praise for life itself. Her book is as nourishing as the fairy tales she treats. Her inspired Spinning Straw into Gold rejuvenates us all." Robert Fagles, translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey "This is at once a deep yet thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable book." Maggie Scarf, author of Secrets, Lies, Betrayals and Intimate Partners, "Brilliant . . . belongs by any woman's bedside, inside any commuting woman's briefcase, next to any woman's reading chair, for its surprising yet deeply recognizable truths about women's lives." Elizabeth Berg,author of The Year of Pleasures and Open House "Open Joan Gould's lovely book anywhere and you will find something recognizable, as relevant today as when you were a child. That's the magic of fairy tales. Be wise, be strong, and grab life like the heroes and heroines in Spinning Straw into Gold." Nancy Friday, author of My Mother, My Self and My Secret Garden "Taking the life of woman through her changes, from maiden to matron to crone, Joan Gould has written a passionate song of praise for life itself. Her book is as nourishing as the fairy tales she treats. Her inspired Spinning Straw into Gold rejuvenates us all." Robert Fagles, translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey "This is at once a deep yet thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable book." Maggie Scarf, author of Secrets, Lies, Betrayals and Intimate Partners From the Trade Paperback edition., Advance Praise for Spinning Straw into Gold "Open Joan Gould's lovely book anywhere and you will find something recognizable, as relevant today as when you were a child. That's the magic of fairy tales. Be wise, be strong, and grab life like the heroes and heroines in Spinning Straw into Gold." NANCY FRIDAY, author of My Mother, Myself, and My Secret Garden "In this ingenious, wonderfully readable work, Joan Gould takes a long look at women's lives by way of familiar fairy tales and mythsthose tried-and-true tales, told over and over through the generations, that subtly incorporate powerful symbols and beliefs about the nature of a woman's roles and her relationships. This is at once a deep yet thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable book." MAGGIE SCARF, author of Secrets, Lies, Betrayals and Intimate Partners "Just as Joseph Campbell revealed the hero's adventures, Joan Gould has shown us the heroine and how she must face those tasks, as formidable as any hero's, in whose accomplishment lies the fulfillment of a woman's life. Spinning Straw into Gold belongs in the company of the few books that give us what we recognize as true but haven't the ability to articulate for ourselves. Like the Queen's magic mirror in the story of Snow White, it shines, and what it says is not only right but essential." --KATHRYN HARRISON, author of The Kiss and The Mother Knot "Taking the life of a woman through her changes, from maiden to matron to croneone change empowering the next until the last restores her to the firstJoan Gould has written a passionate song of praise for life itself. Her book is as nourishing as the fairy tales she treats, as tonic as the Homeric 'Hymn to Demeter,' with which the line begins, and as awestruck as Robert Graves's 'White Goddess,' with which it might have endedhad Gould not produced her inspired Spinning Straw into Gold to rejuvenate us all." ROBERT FAGLES, translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey
Dewey Decimal
398/.352/082
Dewey Edition
22
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