From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend
Frankel, a storyteller, essayist, and novelist, seeks to throw off the oppression of our culture's obsession with hero myths as she reveals the heroine...as an embodiment of one of the goddess archetypes. -Reference & Research Book News, Inc.Ever since I used Christopher Vogler's The Hero's Journey to plot my first novel, I have wanted this book. I sensed that my heroine's journey didn't quite fit the outline, and now Valerie Frankel shows why.--Monterey Bay RWA Monarch NewsFrankel's book is so enthusiastically written, so thoroughly researched, and so articulately argued that it leaves the reader anticipating each subsequent chapter, enjoying each exemplary tale, and longing for further discussion...Frankel's work could well claim a place as a key text for analysis of archetype and the heroine.-Mythprint