Ripening SIGNED, Sharon Blackie

Ripening SIGNED, Sharon BlackieFree Limited edition tote bag whilst stocks last! 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

and those who had intimate experience of it are now ageing and their memories fading

a story of loss

Viola and Sylas follow a mysterious killer through Gorhail’s treacherous passageways

Devastated

and his regent

Discover the goddesses

attracted by the light of the sun and some strange calling no one can quite put their finger on

because one of their ancestors had lain with a woman of the forest folk

dyed edges

Increase your stock of plants easily and for free by propagating them yourself

and black and white line drawings of techniques and traditional timber frame barns feature throughout

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