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Store Events - November 12, 12:00 p.m.
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Time: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:00 p.m.
Location: Lunch at Mirani’s, 727 Elm St., Winnetka
Title of Event: JOY HARJO - Women Writers Series
Women Writers Series
JOY HARJO, a member of the Muscogee Creek tribe and a poet, writer and musician, speaks about For a Girl Becoming, her tale of the joys and lessons of a girl’s journey through birth, youth and adulthood.
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For a Girl Becoming
by
Harjo, Joy,
McDonald, Mercedes
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$17.95
Published: University of Arizona Press, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
aAlways within you is that day your spirit came to us.
When rains came in from the Pacific to bless.
Clouds peered over the mountains
in response to the singing of medicine plants,
who danced back and forth in shawls of mist.a
Transformative moments in the cycle of life are a time for acknowledgment, a chance to guide a childas path in a positive and loving direction.
Swirling images laden with both myth and personal meaning illustrate this unique, poetic tale of the joys and lessons of a girlas journey through birth, youth, and finally adulthood. Within these colorful pages, family and community come together in celebration of her arrival, offering praise, love, and advice to help carry her forward through the many milestones to come, and reminding her always of how deeply she is cherished. It is a reminder, too, of our abiding connections to the natural world, and the cyclical nature of life as a whole.
With its rich, symbolic artwork and captivating language, For a Girl Becoming is the perfect gift to recognize a birth, graduation, or any other significant moment in a young womanas life. Not only for children, this lively and touching story speaks to that part in each of us who still stands at the door of becoming.
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