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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The morning was fresh the day my world fell apart. Autumn had finally set her claws into the earth, letting the summer heat bleed out.

I was with my mother, preparing our masters’ breakfast. The kitchens hummed with activity; fires spluttered to life, pots clattered, feet shuffled to and from the storeroom.

Sweet cinnamon punctuated the air as one of the cooks sprinkled it over the porridge.

It was a rare and expensive spice, the smell of a luxury I would never know the taste of.

Chapter 1 44:31
Chapter 2 17:57
Chapter 3 07:01
Chapter 4 15:01
Chapter 5 20:38
Chapter 6 10:39
Chapter 7 13:26
Chapter 8 17:35
Chapter 9 13:58
Chapter 10 31:23
Chapter 11 28:26
Chapter 12 14:09
Chapter 13 08:35
Chapter 14 19:34
Chapter 15 18:12
Chapter 16 19:38
Chapter 17 12:09
Chapter 18 11:00
Chapter 19 21:25
Chapter 20 24:24
Chapter 21 18:57
Chapter 22 12:02
Chapter 23 08:14
Chapter 24 16:59
Chapter 25 21:23
Chapter 26 18:46
Chapter 27 35:41
Chapter 28 24:37
Chapter 29 12:59
Chapter 30 15:55
Chapter 31 16:32
Chapter 32 19:55
Chapter 33 11:15
Chapter 34 16:18
Chapter 35 09:06
Chapter 36 13:25
Chapter 37 10:09
Chapter 38 11:35
Chapter 39 12:06
Chapter 40 32:50
Chapter 41 16:31
Chapter 42 22:24
Chapter 43 23:10
Chapter 44 11:03
Chapter 45 10:22
Chapter 46 14:42
Chapter 47 12:08
Chapter 48 21:59
Chapter 49 15:49
Chapter 50 11:40
Chapter 51 20:10
Chapter 52 09:36
Chapter 53 13:59
Chapter 54 09:45
Chapter 55 06:08
Chapter 56 23:45
Chapter 57 22:12
Chapter 58 12:45
Chapter 59 17:29
Chapter 60 12:30
Chapter 61 25:51
Chapter 62 18:36
Epilogue 05:07

Sweetbitter Song

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