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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News of war came the following summer.

Word spread quickly through the palace, which was hardly surprising. If there was one thing slaves had in common, it was a love of gossip. Secrets were our trade, and we were experts at unearthing them. Our eyes and ears were everywhere after all.

“Did you hear?” one of the kitchen girls whispered as we hauled jars of olive oil up the steep palace steps. I did not know her name. I had never bothered to ask. “Princess Helen got herself stolen by some foreign prince!”

I gave a vague nod. I had no interest in conversation.