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Description:This unusual anthology contains fiction for adult readers addressing the dark side of childhood, child abuse, and the road to healing. The book includes fiction, poetry and nonfiction by writers including Lynda Barry, Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Patricia A. McKillip, Lisel Mueller, Joanna Russ, Anne Sexton, Delia Sherman, Will Shetterly, Midori Snyder, Ellen Steiber, Peter Straub, Jane Yolen and many others. Published by Tor Books in hardcover and paperback, The Armless Maiden was short-listed for the Tiptree Award."As the editor’s own memoir-cum-afterword makes clear, she has herself survived a perilous journey, ultimately establishing herself as an artist, editor, and anthologist in an environment so far removed from her childhood experience that she might as well have emigrated from another planet. The Armless Maiden is an exploration, an extremely ambitious use of the fantastic for the most serious of literary purposes, to illuminate the human heart." — ThePhiladelphia Inquirer"These fairy tales, ‘new tales spun from the threads of the old,’ plumb the dangers, the pain, the way back to life." — Feminist Bookstore News--------------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents: The armless maiden;The hero's journey - Midori Snyder Bedtime story - Lisel Mueller Allerleirauh - Jane Yolen Snow White to the prince - Delia Sherman She sleeps in a tower - Tanith Lee Briar rose (sleeping beauty) - Anne Sexton In the house of my enemy - Charles de Lint Fear of falling - Susan Palwick Princess in Puce - Annita Harlan The stepsister's story - Emma Bull The session - Steven Gould The mirror speaks - Jane Yolen The juniper tree - Peter Straub Dolls - Guy Summertree Veryzer This is us, excellent - Mark Richards Saturn - Sharon Olds The twelve-windowed tower - Silvana Siddali Now I lay me - Sharon Olds Now I lay me down to sleep - Ellen Kushner Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny - Lisel Mueller Knives;Scars - Munro Sickafoos The pangs of love - Jane Gardam Brother and sister - Terri Windling The face in the cloth - Jane Yolen Their father - Gwen Strauss The chrysanthemum robe - Kara Dalkey Watching the bobolinks - Caroline Stevermer The boy who needed heroes - Kristine Kathryn Rusch Wolves - Sonia Keizs Wolf's heart;The story I hadn't planned to write - Tappan King Gretel in darkness - Louise Gluck The lily and the weaver's heart - Nancy Etchemendy Silvershod - Ellen Steiber The lion and the lark - Patricia A. McKillip The iron shoes - Johnny Clewell The green children - Terri Windling Guardian neighbor - Lynda Barry The little dirty girl - Joanna Russ Donkeyskin - Terri Windling In the night country ; A matter of seeing - Ellen Steiber Surviving childhood - Terri Windling Dream catcher - Will Shetterly.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors. To get started finding The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This unusual anthology contains fiction for adult readers addressing the dark side of childhood, child abuse, and the road to healing. The book includes fiction, poetry and nonfiction by writers including Lynda Barry, Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Patricia A. McKillip, Lisel Mueller, Joanna Russ, Anne Sexton, Delia Sherman, Will Shetterly, Midori Snyder, Ellen Steiber, Peter Straub, Jane Yolen and many others. Published by Tor Books in hardcover and paperback, The Armless Maiden was short-listed for the Tiptree Award."As the editor’s own memoir-cum-afterword makes clear, she has herself survived a perilous journey, ultimately establishing herself as an artist, editor, and anthologist in an environment so far removed from her childhood experience that she might as well have emigrated from another planet. The Armless Maiden is an exploration, an extremely ambitious use of the fantastic for the most serious of literary purposes, to illuminate the human heart." — ThePhiladelphia Inquirer"These fairy tales, ‘new tales spun from the threads of the old,’ plumb the dangers, the pain, the way back to life." — Feminist Bookstore News--------------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents: The armless maiden;The hero's journey - Midori Snyder Bedtime story - Lisel Mueller Allerleirauh - Jane Yolen Snow White to the prince - Delia Sherman She sleeps in a tower - Tanith Lee Briar rose (sleeping beauty) - Anne Sexton In the house of my enemy - Charles de Lint Fear of falling - Susan Palwick Princess in Puce - Annita Harlan The stepsister's story - Emma Bull The session - Steven Gould The mirror speaks - Jane Yolen The juniper tree - Peter Straub Dolls - Guy Summertree Veryzer This is us, excellent - Mark Richards Saturn - Sharon Olds The twelve-windowed tower - Silvana Siddali Now I lay me - Sharon Olds Now I lay me down to sleep - Ellen Kushner Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny - Lisel Mueller Knives;Scars - Munro Sickafoos The pangs of love - Jane Gardam Brother and sister - Terri Windling The face in the cloth - Jane Yolen Their father - Gwen Strauss The chrysanthemum robe - Kara Dalkey Watching the bobolinks - Caroline Stevermer The boy who needed heroes - Kristine Kathryn Rusch Wolves - Sonia Keizs Wolf's heart;The story I hadn't planned to write - Tappan King Gretel in darkness - Louise Gluck The lily and the weaver's heart - Nancy Etchemendy Silvershod - Ellen Steiber The lion and the lark - Patricia A. McKillip The iron shoes - Johnny Clewell The green children - Terri Windling Guardian neighbor - Lynda Barry The little dirty girl - Joanna Russ Donkeyskin - Terri Windling In the night country ; A matter of seeing - Ellen Steiber Surviving childhood - Terri Windling Dream catcher - Will Shetterly.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors. To get started finding The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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