![]() I just returned from a trip to Scotland so it was easy to visualize. I loved the writing about her travels and life in the remote places. ![]() She was just trying to do too much in one book. Any of those would begged, but trying to wave them together into a cohesive whole didn't quite work for me. It's part travel memoir, part Celtic mythology, and part self-help. ![]() 'Powerful and inspiring.' Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley Read more Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a quest to find their place in the world, drawing inspiration from the wise and powerful women in native mythology, and guidance from contemporary role models who have re-rooted themselves in land and community and taken responsibility for shaping the future.īeautifully written, honest and moving,If Women Rose Rooted is a passionate song to a different kind of femininity, a rallying, feminist cry for the rewilding of womanhood reclaiming our role as guardians of the land. If Women Rose Rootedhas been described as both transformative and essential. ![]() 'This is the core of our task: to respect and revere ourselves, and so bring about a world in which women are respected and revered, recognised once again as holding the life-giving power of the earth itself.' I sincerely hope every woman who can read has the time and space to read it.' Manda Scott, author of Boudica and A Treachery of Spies ![]() Fifth anniversary edition, with new afterword for 2021. A life-changing journey from the wasteland of modern society to a place of nourishment and connection. ![]()
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