Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now by Sharon Blackie #foliosociety The Ship Beneath the Ice

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

before taking us behind the scenes to give us the inside track on their extraordinary resurgence

Wren has survived all these years by concealing her abilities and keeping a low profile while doing what she can to aid the rebel Uprising in fighting against the Primes’ oppressive rule

both global and close to home

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 The Ship Beneath the IceFairy 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