Red Bead Woman is an ancient story for a troubled time. From the longing of an old woman and the deep roots of a mare’s tail plant is born a girl who can rebuild culture, revive relationship between the centre and the edge, the village and the forest. But to do that, she has to have a voice first. And there the journey begins.

Red Bead Woman by Martin Shaw, available from Cista Mystica Press (2020).