Review Excerpt:

Jeanne Winslow at the Feminist Review says of Mary Saracino's novel The Singing of Swans:

Saracino's mythology gives a voice to women while also providing social commentary about oppressive forces throughout history....Saracino illustrates our sacred connection to the divine in nature and in each other, woven as thread through a tapestry, to the past and the future.

While I occasionally enjoy a fun story in a nice, neat package, I truly appreciate those stories that leave me asking questions and searching within myself. How am I connected to all that has happened in the past and all that will happen in the future? We are not islands unto ourselves and Saracino shows our connections -- how our pasts have shaped our world today and how we shape the future.