I was 14 the first time I read The Mists of Avalon. 14, not quite a woman. But I was moved by the sentiment of the characters (the story is that of the women behind King Arthur’s throne) living their distinctly female lives as girls my age, as young women struggling with their roles as wife and mother in a patriarchal society, as older women—wise, disillusioned, worn, but still filled with hope. I had never—and still have not—read the female experience written with such truth and poetry. While I never connected with any of Zimmer Bradley’s other books, The Mists of Avalon remains the book that wish I had written.

Discussion Question: What book do you wish you had written?

Tosca Lee is the critically acclaimed author of Demon: A Memoir and her latest release Havah: The Story of Eve. She is also a former Mrs. Nebraska-America and Mrs. Nebraska-United States. You can visit her on the web at toscalee.com

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