An interesting collection of tales from around the globe highlighting smart women heroines. Some of the women are brave, most are clever. All of the stories have been re-written by the author, which works better for some stories than others. Dated more than you would think for a 30 year-old book, it is very clean and to-the-point, but you lose some of the flavor of the different cultures in this white-washed re-envisioning. It's a throwback. Today a collection of stories like this would be gathered from the works of existing, diverse authors. That would have been better.
These were entertaining and short (although sometimes abruptly so) but I can't recommend it for modern readers, who demand more authenticity in their "world" tales.
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