In a message dated 6/24/02 5:16:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > From "Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep" by Gail Carson Levine (She won > the Newberry Award for Ella Enchanted. I've enjoyed her other books > turning fairy tales upside down and showing strong heroines.) How could > this woman write this?! Her bio says she lives with her husband in > Brewster, NY. How does one contact an author to tell her how offensive > this is? > > I am quite upset with this. Her book Ella Enchanted is my dd's hands-down favorite book. I found a website with fan mail for this author from hundreds of 10-12 yr. old little girls. I am sick thinking that millions of girls at just the age we want them to consider bfing have formed a deep-seated impression that bfing is so archaic as to be considered caniballistic. A magical character by your favorite author puts it in such a snappy way while establishing the character's basic personality!! Aaarrghhh... The publisher has says they will fwd snail mail if sent to the address below. You can bet I will be licking an envelope tomorrow. Karen Seroussi FL, USA > Gail Carson Levine > c/o Author mail, 7th Floor > HarperCollins Publishers > 10 East 53rd Street > New York, NY 10022 > > *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html