Upon first blush, this book may seem like an odd choice for me to
review. It isn't about business . . . though it's all about how to do
business. It's main character is not a woman entrepreneur . . . yet
each girl and woman in this book is an entrepreneur to her core.
My friend and colleague Angela Giffin first introduced me to A Hat Ful of Sky when I was complaining one day that there weren't any decent books around about heroines. You know, the honest-to-goodness kind of heroine who slays her own dragons, thank you.
How can you not love a book that starts out with, "Witches deal with things."
Enter Tiffany Aching. The main character in Terry Pratchett's satirical Discworld series of fantasy novels: The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith. Armed with an iron frying pan, an army of tiny, blue, rowdy Nac Mac Feegles, and with the Chalk (her home land) in her bones, she rescues the young son of a local Baron from the Queen of the Elves, stares death in the face, and melts winter . . . most convincingly!
I read all three books in a little less than two weeks and can't wait for the next book in the series to come out. I highly recommend this book to young entrepreneurs, women business owners, and anyone who know the value of looking within for wisdom and knowing.Your search for a strong, vibrant, intelligent heroine is over. Enter Tiffany Aching.
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of our young heroine?
Susan L. Reid
The original Accidental Pren-her™Author of Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Journey to Business Success
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