The Fruit Of Our Thorns

Roses are full of contradictions: petals and thorns, delicacy and danger, passion and purity. The rose is complex, enduring - and, above all, resilient. Protected by its thorns and supported by strong roots, the rose flourishes in gardens and wild mountainsides alike.THE FRUIT OF OUR THORNS celebrates girls and women, who, like the rose, are full of seeming paradoxes. They are fierce, sweet, wild, and gentle. They can be cruel, and they can be kind. They can fall in love with boys or girls or not at all, defy goddesses and outwit kings...but also make mistakes, suffer, and grieve. Join them and remember what the poet Rumi knew to be true: The rose's truest essence lives in the thorn.Notes: "The Spider And The Honeybee" was originally published in Fterota Logia in February 2018"A Queen Born" was originally published as "Mixed Blessings" in Timeless Tales Magazine in May 2016