Ebook: Artemis: the Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman

From fictional characters like Bridget Jones to feminist icons like Gloria Steinem, Jean Bolen's bestselling classicGoddesses in Everywomanhas been widely read and soundly praised.Now comes a new book written in the same spirit and with the same vitality. InArtemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, Bolen invites women and girls to discover the tenacity and courage of the Artemis archetype and how it can be tapped to live authentically.To tell the story, Bolen delves deeply into the myth of Atalanta, the famous hunter and runner in ancient Greek mythology, a mortal woman who is identified with Artemis the Greek Goddess of the Hunt and Moon. Atalanta began life abandoned and left to die because she was born a girl. She faced the Calydon Boar and drew first blood; she was the runner who would demand to be beaten in a footrace by the man who could claim her as his bride. She exemplifies the indomitable spirit in competent, courageous girls and in the women they become...