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Ordinary Wonder Tales

Ordinary Wonder Tales

Urquhart, Emily

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ISBN10: 1771965053
ISBN13: 9781771965057
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: Nov 1 2022
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.71
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Shortlisted for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine--and reveals the magic in the everyday.

I've always felt that the term fairy tale doesn't quite capture the essence of these stories, writes Emily Urquhart. I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories. In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight of a ghost can heal, how the entrance to the underworld can be glimpsed in an oil painting or a winter storm--or the onset of a loved one's dementia. In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, radioactivity, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let yourself look closely, there is magic in the everyday.

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