ASIN: B00ADNPQR6
Publisher: Rebecca Nebesar
Pages: 290
Set in the present, this richly illustrated allegorical novel is a coming of age tale in the digital age. Tapping into the power of creativity and the imagination the heroine, a 12-year-old girl named Jean, learns important lessons after her grandmother dies. Growing up in this fast-paced era of the Internet and technology has particular challenges, especially for girls. Women have come so far, yet where are they? Is there any time to look back? Have we thrown out the baby with the bathwater? In the novel, the heroine Jean unwittingly stumbles into the alluring web of tradition while trying to hang on to the last threads of childhood and cope with her feelings after the unexpected death of her beloved grandmother. Drawing on guidance from female characters from a variety of cultural and religious traditions, with support from her parents, her teacher, her aunt and uncle, and from books ...
