BE YOUR OWN HEROINE: LIFE LESSONS FROM LITERATURE

Whatever your taste in literature, here are six strong female characters you can relate to: Jo March, the tiger-sister in Little Women; Eleanor Oliphant, the socially bemused heroine of Gail Honeyman's prize-winning novel; spirited young women such as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, and Hermione Granger in Harry Potter; and the survivors - July in The Long Song and Katniss Everdene in The Hunger Games. Whether you are faced with hard times at home, in love, or at work, these characters will inspire and empower you.