Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now by Sharon Blackie #foliosociety keenly observed and beautifully told'

keenly observed and beautifully told' Felicity Cloake

such as Witch Finger Cookies

and they will be catnip for her fans and for music historians

The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this monumental discovery

Lydia is overwhelmed with memories of a harmful time in her life that refuses to leave her in peace

Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now by Sharon Blackie #foliosociety keenly observed and beautifully told'Fairy tales matter because at the heart of every one of them is transformation.In a world in which all the old certainties seem to be crumbling, it's hard not to feel we have lost our way. In Ripening, Sharon Blackie insists that fairy tales are precisely the stories we need for such times. Long before they became bywords for people pleasing princesses, these old stories passed down to us through generations by our peasant ancestors told us everything