New Releases by Jane Harrington

Long before The Brothers Grimm, there was a sisterhood of writers who defied the patriarchy and launched a literary craze with their feminist fairy tales—these are their stories. In 17th century Paris, a group of women who called themselves conteuses (female storytellers) came together to weave the very first fairy tales. One of them, Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, coined the term ‘fairy tale,’ and some of these stories contain many familiar elements that appear in tales like Rapunzel and Beauty and the Beast. Unfortunately, these women and their tales have mostly been forgotten to history. Women of the Fairytale Resistance uncovers seven of these writer’s biographies—which are just as compelling as their fairy tales—and retells 12 of their original stories. The women were mostly young noblewomen who were forced into undesirable marriages and did not have the freedom to give their opinions, travel, or choose who they wanted to love. They used their stories as a way of subtly complaining about their husbands and critiquing the oppressive reign of King Louis XIV. The female-empowering, gender-bending tales combine themes like romance, fantasy, escapism, and their protagonists control of their own destiny—something the writers deeply desired in their own lives. Enchantingly designed with stunning full color illustrations throughout, this unique and entertaining book will have you rethink everything you know about traditional fairy tales.

In this contemporary novel set in the southern Appalachians, the lives of two young women-Leda and Shannon-are knit together when one is left alone on a farm after the loss of her partner and the other is displaced by mountaintop removal coal mining. "Book One: Way Out Farm" finds Leda trying to tease an existence out of her land. Her goats and a rescue dog are among her only contacts until she becomes close to Shannon, a single mother who has fallen on hard times due to environmental destruction of the hollow in which she lives. When Shannon takes to an RV with her children and moves away, Leda begins spending time with Shannon''s troubled Gulf War veteran cousin, but the relationship reawakens the demons of her husband''s struggle with mental illness. In "Book Two: Sullivan''s Holler," Shannon has taken up anti-coal activism, joining forces with a woman who she and her children now live with as a family. Shannon''s son misses the hollow, and so she distracts him with stories-woven with magic realism-of their ancestors'' exodus from Ireland during the Great Hunger and the settling of the homeplace. Through these tales of oppression and migration that mirror their own circumstances, they wend their way back to the mountains and those they''ve left behind. In Circling Flight is as much a story of love and loss of the human kind as it is a treatise to the elemental relationship between people and their land.

Stories of women convicts who were incarcerated in the New Norfolk Lunatic Asylum

A story about an adorable little owl named Henry and the love he has for his parents... Henry grows and learns to fly. He meets birds, bees, cows, squirrels, chickens and a raccon but he ultimately decides that the family tree is where he belongs.

Brady is going to Europe—with her mother! It''s a family coming-of-age tradition, so there''s no way out of it. To make the trip more interesting, Brady''s best gal pal, Delia, has written four things Brady must do while she''s in Europe—and Delia used permanent marker so Brady can''t chicken out. Brady would never do these things without some encouragement (AKA pressure) from Delia.

Who knew that non-boy-crazy-jock Brady would return from Europe with an Italian boyfriend? In this sequel to Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend Must Do in Europe, Delia launches a sneaky plan to grab Giulio the very moment he and Brady break up, which, according to all Delia''s research, should be in about 41 days.

Describes the characteristics and behavior of various animals arranged into the categories of cold-blooded, pocket pets, insects, and slimy pets.

Delighted with her new computer, Lucy starts writing about everything she is going through in her e-journal, including her parents'' insistence that she go to summer camp and her fear that her biggest enemy will soon move next door.