LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
Stunningly gorgeous short stories and wonderful illustrations make for an absolute treasure trove of a book. I have quite simply fallen in love with Foxfire, Wolfskin, it makes my heart sing. Discover 13 short stories about shapeshifting women, the shortest story being three and a half pages long. All are “either reimaginings of older tales, or contain characters, beings and motifs which appear in older tales”. On opening the book, I felt as though I was walking into an age old story, the descriptions are startling, vivid, touchable. I began with Wolfskin, which is sharp and edgy, it hurts, it feels… right. After finishing Wolfskin, I immediately read it again, this time out loud. I fell headlong in once more, and at the extraordinary end, emotional goosebumps skitter-scattered down my arms. All of these stories have a unique strength to them and I disappeared into each one. Just a note on the accompanying illustrations by Helen Nicholson. They are fresh, original, and yet have that same age old feel of the stories. At the very end you will find notes on each tale, the inspiration behind them and where the idea appears in folklore. Foxfire, Wolfskin is full of beautiful stories that take hold, bite, leave their mark and I adored it so much I had to add it as one of my picks of the month!
Liz Robinson
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Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women Synopsis
Charged with possibility and power, this memorable collection is an extraordinary immersion into the bodies and voices, mindscapes and landscapes, of the shapeshifting women of our native folklore.
Drawing on myth and fairy tales found across Europe from Croatia to Sweden, Ireland to Russia, these stories are about coming to terms with our animal natures, exploring the ways in which we might renegotiate our fractured relationship with the natural world, and uncovering the wildness and wilderness within.
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ISBN: |
9781910463680 |
Publication date: |
26th September 2019 |
Author: |
Sharon Blackie |
Publisher: |
September Publishing |
Format: |
Hardback |
Pagination: |
232 pages |
Primary Genre |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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A deeply evocative and haunting collection... Part rally cry, part warning, part manifesto and all parts enchanting, Sharon Blackie's Foxfire, Wolfskin is a deeply evocative and haunting collection. I want to press this powerful book into the hands of everyone I know and say listen.
-- Holly Ringland, author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
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About Sharon Blackie
Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award winning writer and internationally recognised teacher whose work sits at the interface of psychology, mythology and ecology. She is the author of the word of mouth ecofeminist bestseller If Women Rose Rooted, and The Enchanted Life and Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women. Her work has been translated into multiple languages. Sharon lives in the Cambrian mountains of Mid Wales.
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