Finding Dorothy

by Elizabeth Letts

It wasn’t enough to push open the doors. You had to change minds. How could girls truly make their mark if their role models were houseplants, if their fashions scarcely allowed them to breathe?

Their worlds were full of mystical connections and wild coincidences—beautiful twists of fate that unfolded to give one’s life a shape as graceful and parabolic as a perfectly plotted book.

“Just remember, there are millions of children out there who believe that Oz is a real place. Who need to believe that Oz is a real place. Because Oz is hope, and children can find themselves in dark places.”

“You always need to fix your own problems. Nobody else is going to fix them for you.”

“I didn’t understand that you can’t always just ‘stay strong,’ that sometimes the conditions we are fighting are greater than our individual abilities.