Narrative Compass Stories that Guide Women's Lives
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Betsy Hearne is the former director of the Center for Children's Books and a professor emerita in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Roberta Seelinger Trites is a professor of English at Illinois State University.Narrative Compass Stories that Guide Women's Lives
"In each elegant interpretation, the author traces the ripple effects of a story that thrilled or provoked her, a story that became a catalyst for a lifelong passion, and a story that became a virtual home, to return to for clarification. Rich and mind-opening testimony to the profound, even chthonic power of tales well told."--<i>Booklist</i><br />"A uniformly stellar volume."--<i>Children's Literature Association Quarterly</i><br /><p>"Rich and inspiring."--<i>Research on Children's Literature</i></p><br />
"In each elegant interpretation, the author traces the ripple effects of a story that thrilled or provoked her, a story that became a catalyst for a lifelong passion, and a story that became a virtual home, to return to for clarification. Rich and mind-opening testimony to the profound, even chthonic power of tales well told."--<i>Booklist</i><br />"A uniformly stellar volume."--<i>Children's Literature Association Quarterly</i><br /><p>"Rich and inspiring."--<i>Research on Children's Literature</i></p><br />