Fairytales of the Fiercer Sex

Alison Larkin selects and introduces fairytales of strong, independent, brave, and at times irreverent girls and women who take charge of their lives, rescue themselves and sometimes even save the men they love. These are not stories of helpless females shut up in high towers waiting around for a handsome man to rescue them. These heroines have far more to distinguish them than the fact that they (sometimes) end up married to a prince.