Cahill, Susan Neunzig

Collection of twenty-three short pieces of fiction and autobiographical narratives, focusing on the passage from girlhood to womanhood in late twentieth-century America.

Includes approximately ninety writings by women from ancient, medieval, and modern times, addressing various aspects of the spiritual life, such as love of God and nature, desire for healing, prayer, friendship, and the experience of emptiness.

American Authors Including: Cynthia Ozick, Joanne Greenberg, Ellen Gilchrist, Bobbie Ann Mason, Joy Williams, Ann Beattie, Mary Robinson, Jayne Anne Phillips.

Contains twenty-six short stories about the special experience of being a woman.

Presents pieces of Irish literature by more than forty writers, each followed by traveler's guides to the places described in them, including Dublin, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Donegal, Derry, and other cities. Writers include James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Frank McCourt, and Seamus Heaney.