Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls. Danielle Wood

A charming and thoroughly modern-day Scheherazade, Rosie shares with us her piquant and utterly engaging views on life and love, marriage and mating, desire and destiny as she tackles the sometimes thorny business of making her way through life. These are not, I should say at the outset, tales written for the benefit of good and well-behaved girls who always stick to the path when they go to Grandma's. Skipping along in their gingham frills - basket of scones, jam and clotted cream upon their arms - what need can these girls have for caution? Rather, these are tales for girls who have boots as stout as their hearts, and who are prepared to firmly lace them up (boots and hearts both) and step out into the wilds in search of what they desire. Taking her cues from the Brothers Grimm and Scheherazade, Rosie - a thoroughly modern Little Red Riding Hood - tells us of love and desire, men and women, heartache and happiness. Beguiling, clever and funny, Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls is a sheer delight. ss, wit, simplicity and directness, Rosie offers her clear-eyed, slyly funny and rueful take on life, love and everything in between. These are not, I should say at the outset, tales written for the benefit of good and well-behaved girls who always stick to the path when they go to Grandma's. Skipping along in their gingham frills - basket of scones, jam and clotted cream upon their arms - what need can these girls have for caution? Rather, these are tales for girls who have boots as stout as their hearts, and who are prepared to firmly lace them up (boots and hearts both) and step out into the wilds in search of what they desire.

Taking her cues from the Brothers Grimm and Scheherazade, Rosie - a thoroughly modern Little Red Riding Hood - tells us of love and desire, men and women, heartache and happiness. Beguiling, clever and funny, Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls is a sheer delight. Rosie Shares Her Highs And Lows In A Delightful Way. This Is Clever And Funny. Not For Good Girls -- Virginity ... The Deflowering Of Rosie Little -- Truth ... Elephantiasis -- Travel ... Rosie Little In The Mother Country -- Beauty ... The Wardrobe -- Art ... Eden -- Love ... The Anatomy Of Wolves -- Commitment ... The Depthlessness Of Soup -- Marriage ... Vision In White -- Work ... Rosie Little's Brilliant Career -- Longing ... Lonely Heart Club -- Loss ... The True Daughter -- Destiny ... Rosie Little Joins The Dots. Danielle Wood. From Danielle Wood, author of The Australian/Vogel Award winner The Alphabet of Light and Dark comes this collection of charmingly dark, thoroughly modern cautionary stories of life, love, marriage and mating, each with a twist in the tale.