Wood nymph seeks centaur

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From bestselling author Francesca Lia Block,
an imaginative new guide to dating based on the timeless wisdom of myth, folklore, and fairytales.
Navigating the world of dating can be like wandering an enchanted forest, full of creatures with peculiar habits and baffling behavior. In Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur, Francesca Lia Block provides a guide to this often-treacherous terrain, classifying all those mystifying men and women into various types of mythical forest fauna—Fauns and Werewolves, Mermaids and Banshees.
After answering questions to determine your own type, you can learn to identify others—with the help of illustrations from artist Fumi Nakamura. By reading up on the various types' favorite activities, likely professions, sexual preferences, and parenting styles, you'll gain insight into compatible creatures. If you're a Wood Nymph (like Block), you could get your heart broken by a fickle Satyr, but if you can track down the strong, soulful Centaurs of the forest, you... Tovább

Fülszöveg

From bestselling author Francesca Lia Block,
an imaginative new guide to dating based on the timeless wisdom of myth, folklore, and fairytales.
Navigating the world of dating can be like wandering an enchanted forest, full of creatures with peculiar habits and baffling behavior. In Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur, Francesca Lia Block provides a guide to this often-treacherous terrain, classifying all those mystifying men and women into various types of mythical forest fauna—Fauns and Werewolves, Mermaids and Banshees.
After answering questions to determine your own type, you can learn to identify others—with the help of illustrations from artist Fumi Nakamura. By reading up on the various types' favorite activities, likely professions, sexual preferences, and parenting styles, you'll gain insight into compatible creatures. If you're a Wood Nymph (like Block), you could get your heart broken by a fickle Satyr, but if you can track down the strong, soulful Centaurs of the forest, you just might be on the path to true love. Clever and insightful, Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur is an invaluable guide for any dating creature.
Francesca Lia Block is a bestselling author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for all ages—from the groundbreaking Weetzie Bat young adult series to a collection of magic-realist erotica. Her numerous awards include the Margaret A. Edwards lifetime achievement award, and her work has been published around the world. Born in Los Angeles, she lives there still with her two children.
Praise for Necklace of Kisses:
"Block uses the fairytale motif as a vehicle to convey the tangled-up truths that girls face on the road to becoming women As inspiring as [it is] transgressive."—Bust
"A fizzy cocktail of Joseph Campbell, Sex and the City, and Gabriel García Márquez, filtered through the blunt-edged poetry of rock lyrics .A welcome reminder that midlife is still ripe for magic."—Time Out New York Vissza