Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Women Who Run With the Wolves
A seminal feminist book exploring the Wild Woman archetype through myths and stories
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Analisa Burns“everyone needs this one.”
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April“This had been on my list to read forever and when I kept seeing it on here it inspired me to audiobook it while I cleaned out my closet this weekend. 10/10”
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Lauren“Pure magic in book form”
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Soph“My god. A classic for a reason. Brought myth and magic back into my world in such a visceral embodied way.”
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Conor“Everyone should read this book. Especially women. It’s an empowering novel told through stories on the importance of tending to the creativity and intricacies of our inner wild woman. I’ve gifted this to many friends and I am currently re reading it again!”
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Azula“Becoming the ultimate woman !”
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Arielle El-Amin““Bone by bone, hair by hair, Wild Woman comes back. Through night dreams, through events half understood and half remembered...” ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves”
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Rachelle Rachelle“This is my bible. And similar to the way I read the bible I have not read this whole book. Rather, the right myth comes to me when I need some help finding my way.”
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Kaye“I read this in DC on the bottom bunk of a hostel after a break up. It changed me.”
Mallorie Stallings“I wish I had read this when I was 18.”
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