Daughter of the Shining Isles
Always an imaginative writer, as The Return of the Goddess (1992) and The Wild Mother (1993) attest, in Daughter of the Shining Isles, Cunningham now mixes Celtic mythology with the emergent feminist tradition of the Magdalen to create a powerful, spiritually charged visionary novel. Daughter of the Shining Isles gives us a….

Always an imaginative writer, as The Return of the Goddess (1992) and The Wild Mother (1993) attest, in Daughter of the Shining Isles, Cunningham now mixes Celtic mythology with the emergent feminist tradition of the Magdalen to create a powerful, spiritually charged visionary novel. Daughter of the Shining Isles gives us a Mary Magdalen for our times: Maeve, a feisty Celt, raised by warrior witches to a life of heroism. When she arrives on a magical Druid island, she meets her cosmic twin (J)Esus of Nazareth. Together they become embroiled in an adventure of passion, betrayal, and human sacrifice. Sure to stir controversy, it brings fresh insight into the lost years of the young man called Esus, and the vital young woman who was his equal. Profoundly moving and often outrageously funny, Cunningham’s new novel is storytelling of the highest caliber. Maeve is sure to claim her place among the great literary heroines of our age.
How to Spin Gold
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This modern transformation of the Rumpelstiltskin tale is written as the autobiography of a mysteriously deformed girl, who runs away from her village to become the apprentice and successor to the “Wise Woman of the…

This modern transformation of the Rumpelstiltskin tale is written as the autobiography of a mysteriously deformed girl, who runs away from her village to become the apprentice and successor to the “Wise Woman of the Western Woods” while the beautiful girl with whom she grew up becomes Queen. A successful blend of magical realism and psychological wisdom.
With the “magical realism” of her two critically acclaimed novels (The Return of the Goddess and The Wild Mother), Elizabeth Cunningham once again brings the great archetypes into our lives — here it
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Small Bird
Master of spiritually alert yet down-to-earth fiction (magical realism), Elizabeth Cunningham now unveils her unique species of poetry related to Rumi and Rilke.

Master of spiritually alert yet down-to-earth fiction (magical realism) Elizabeth Cunningham now unveils her unique species of poetry related to Rumi and Rilke.