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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I found my brother waiting at the harbor.

Though “harbor” was perhaps too grand a term for the tiny structure stretching tentatively into the sea, its edges crumbling from years of disuse.

I could just make out Melanthius through the darkness, sitting on a large cluster of rocks by the water’s edge, face tilted up to the curved moon. All he had were the clothes on his back, and it made my heart heavy, knowing he had nothing else to take with him.

Except me.