A Full Moon of Women: 29 Word Portraits of Notable Women

A Full Moon of Women is a powerful, unsettling vision in the tradition of Djuna Barnes and Anaïs Nin of the heroines whose rebellious daring has shaped the meaning of the feminine experience. The enduring myth of Snow White’s passive beauty provides an ironic counterpoint for the feminine struggle when seen next to the courageous brilliance of women like Joan of Arc, philosopher Hypatia, expatriate painter Madge Tennent, and physicist Lise Meitner. Ursule Molinaro’s abstract prose impacts with painful force, resurrecting these twenty-nine women in all their talent and suffering. Her writing has been described as "breathtaking" (The San Diego Union), "extravagant, crafted to fit the extravaganza of her material" (American Book Review), and driven by "relentless levity" (Newsweek); her style "quirky but warm and easy" (The New Republic). A Full Moon of Women is a perfectly crafted and resonant work whose concerns remain strikingly and acutely current.