{"product_id":"where-the-wild-ladies-are","title":"Where The Wild Ladies Are","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services—from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere the Wild Ladies Are\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is populated by these and many other spirited women—who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which jealousy, stubbornness, and other excessive \"feminine\" passions are not to be feared or suppressed, but rather cultivated; and, chances are, a man named Mr. Tei will notice your talents and recruit you, dead or alive (preferably dead), to join his mysterious company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millennia-old tradition of Japanese folktales—shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells—and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aoko Matsuda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43529083289857,"sku":"9781911284383","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-850.png?v=1711986448","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/where-the-wild-ladies-are","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}