In Full Bloom: Tales of Women in Their Prime

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august house, 1999 - 192 páginas
Here is a celebration of mature women--women whom author Sharon Creeden likens to fully opened blossoms. A professional storyteller, Creeden draws on folktales, her stock-in-trade, to illuminate female heroism and life issues women face, including childbirth, aging, and death.

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FOREWORD by Naomi Baltuck
9
INTRODUCTION
15
NOT ROSES
19
SHARING OUR WEALTH
21
REVIVING OUR PEOPLE
39
COMFORTING OUR GRIEVING
53
TEACHING OUR CHILDREN
61
LOVING OUR STEPCHILDREN
71
DOING OUR PART
83
PRESERVING OUR WISDOM
91
BREAKING FREE OF CONVENTION
99
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
105
WELCOMING WIDOWHOOD
111
GETTING THE JOB DONE
119
DEMANDING OUR RIGHTS
129
PREDICTING THE FUTURE
137

SEEKING JUSTICE
77

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