Sweetbitter Song

Sweetbitter Song

Author: Rosie Hewlett Listening Length: 17h 47m
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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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We became inseparable after that day, tumbling headfirst into a friendship that felt forged long ago, as if it had always existed within us, waiting to be discovered.

Before long, we refused even to spend our nights apart.

Penelope had a pallet made up for me beside her bed, and though I missed the warmth of my mother’s embrace, I welcomed having my own space for the first time in my life.

I also welcomed the opportunity to spend more time with Penelope, often forgetting to get any sleep at all in my haste to fill more hours with her company.