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Ripening : Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now

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Ripening : Why Women Need Fairy Tales NowAuthor: Sharon Blackie Feminism & feminist theory Published on 14 May 2026 by Duckworth Books (September Publishing) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 352 pages 224 x 145 x 33 454g 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

Author: Sharon Blackie

Feminism & feminist theory

Published on 14 May 2026 by Duckworth Books (September Publishing) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 352 pages
224 x 145 x 33 | 454g

‘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 that women need to learn about the world. They might be set in difficult and dangerous times, but they require their heroines to face the unfaceable and dig deep for previously unimagined inner resources. They teach us to be savvy, inspire us to grow in confidence, show us how to be bold and claim the future we dream of. More than anything, fairy tales are soul-food. They show us how to take hold of our own personal narratives and transform them into stories that might begin with trauma, but end with empowerment.  They offer us images of startling resonance and beauty, while showing us how to recognise and make use of the possibilities that rise to the surface when broken systems are cracked open.

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