Wise Women

Cumbrian author!

**Sharon Blackie will be appearing at Cakes And Ale Cafe on the 6th of November. If you would like Sharon to sign a special dedication in your book please leave details in the ‘advanced notes’ box at checkout**

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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 – 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.