Food for the Female Soul.

Teacher Librarian, June, 2000 by Cox, Ruth

As I pulled out books to write this column the term "soul mate" kept coming to mind. I remember talking into the wee hours of the night with teenage girl friends at slumber parties about how we would know our soul mate when we met him. We didn't know, as self-absorbed teenagers, that we hadn't a clue about our own souls, let alone know what traits our soul mates should possess. All we knew is that we hungered for a relationship with someone who would understand and love us for who we were. The female characters in the following books are all searching for something, or someone, to ease their aching souls. Sometimes they are quite surprised by who offers them solace.

Mercy, in Mercy's birds, has cut off her beautiful long blonde hair and has taken to wearing...

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