Spinning Straw into Gold

What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life

By: Joan Gould

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Paperback | 15 February 2006 | Edition Number 1

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What's your favorite fairy tale? Whether it's "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Hansel and Gretel," or another story, your answer reveals something significant about you, your experiences, and your soul. In this penetrating book, Joan Gould brings to the surface the hidden meanings in fairy tales and myths, and illuminates what they can tell you about the stages in your own life. As Gould explores the transformations that women go through from youth to old age-leaving home and mother, the first experience of sexuality, the surprising ambivalence of marriage, the spiritual work required by menopause and aging-her keen observations will enrich your awareness of your inner life.
Full of archetypal figures known to us all, Spinning Straw into Gold" "also includes stories from the lives of ordinary women that clarify the insights to be gained from the beloved tales that have been handed down from one generation to the next.

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"Brilliant . . . belongs by any woman's bedside, inside any commuting woman's briefcase, next to any woman's reading chair, for its surprising yet deeply recognizable truths about women's lives."
-Elizabeth Berg, author of The Year of Pleasures and Open House

"Open Joan Gould's lovely book anywhere and you will find something recognizable, as relevant today as when you were a child. That's the magic of fairy tales. Be wise, be strong, and grab life like the heroes and heroines in Spinning Straw into Gold."
-Nancy Friday, author of My Mother, My Self and My Secret Garden

"Taking the life of woman through her changes, from maiden to matron to crone, Joan Gould has written a passionate song of praise for life itself. Her book is as nourishing as the fairy tales she treats. Her inspired Spinning Straw into Gold rejuvenates us all."
-Robert Fagles, translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey

"This is at once a deep yet thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable book."
-Maggie Scarf, author of Secrets, Lies, Betrayals and Intimate Partners

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Introduction: Spinning Straw into Gold	p. xv
Maiden: The Age of Attraction	p. 1
Snow White: Breaking Away from Mother	p. 5
Snow White: Tempted by the Witch's Wares: The Disney Movie vs. the Grimms' Fairy Tale	p. 21
Cinderella: Surviving Adolescence: "Cinderella," Pretty Woman, Jane Eyre	p. 39
Cinderella: Stepping into the Dance: "Cinderella," Pygmalion, My Fair Lady	p. 59
Sleeping Beauty: Going to Sleep a Girl ...: "Sleeping Beauty," the Legend of Brunhilde	p. 86
Sleeping Beauty: ... Waking as a Woman: "Sleeping Beauty," "Talia," "Daphne and Apollo," The Kiss, the True Story of Florence Nightingale	p. 107
Sleeping Beauty, American Style: How Walt Disney Changed the Meaning	p. 127
Beauties and Beasts: Borne on the Back of Desire: "Beauty and the Beast," "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," Phantom of the Opera, King Kong	p. 133
Beauties and Beasts: Descending into the Body: "Cupid and Psyche," The African Queen, the Legend of the Minotaur, Jane Eyre, Casablanca	p. 152
Beauties and Beasts: Looking Love in the Face: "Cupid and Psyche," "Beauty and the Beast," "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," the Jean Cocteau Movie Beauty and the Beast	p. 169
Matron: The Age of Attachment	p. 187
The White Bride and the Black Bride: The Discovery of Two Selves: "The White Bride and the Black Bride," Gone with the Wind, the Legend of the Demon Lilith	p. 193
Rapunzel and Jane Eyre: Confronting the Madwoman in the Attic: "Rapunzel," Jane Eyre, Rebecca	p. 215
The Seal Wife: Hungry for Intimacy, Thirsty for Silence: "The Seal Wife," The Awakening, Kramer vs. Kramer, the Early Life of Doris Lessing	p. 232
Bluebeard's Wife and the Fitcher's Bird: Taking Her Life in Her Hands: "Bluebeard," "Fitcher's Bird," "Cupid and Psyche," an Event in the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt	p. 255
Crone: The Age of the Spirit	p. 283
Hansel and Gretel: Life in the Light of Death	p. 289
Demeter and Persephone: The Beautiful Mysteries	p. 312
Epilogue: Ever After	p. 341
Acknowledgments	p. 343
Notes	p. 345
Index	p. 375
Reader's Guide	p. 403
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