Sweetbitter Song

Sweetbitter Song

Author: Rosie Hewlett Listening Length: 17h 47m

Perfect for fans of The Song of Achilles and from the award-winning author of The Witch of Colchis comes a profoundly moving story of two women on the shores of Ithaca, in the shadows of a legendary war, who must face their own battle – one of sisterhood, survival, and a forbidden love that could destroy them both. On...

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My mother cried when the king of Sparta first summoned me.

I could not understand why.

I remember staring up at her face, familiar features made foreign by emotions too heavy to grasp in my small hands.

Was it not an honor to be called to King Tyndareus’s personal quarters? Should my mother not have been pleased, proud even?