Book Review Familiar Mysteries is a scientific and comprehensive study on mythology, its appearance,and significance in our lives.The author , Shirley Park Lowry , a former professor of English at the Los Angeles Valley College , teaches mythology to nonspecialists and is a respected authority on the subject.The author's purpose in writing this book is to provide the general reader with an interesting , hystorically linked , and scientifically based insight into the vast world of mythology and the effects it has on our everyday lives.Shirley Park Lowry's main message brought in this work is that mytholo