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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Chapter 31

The queen of Ithaca looked bored.

I leaned against the stone doorway to the council chamber, watching Penelope feign interest in the latest argument the fat old men of Ithaca had descended into, as was the usual course of any of their meetings.

For a moment, I allowed myself the simple, secret pleasure of admiring her—that beautiful, striking face that consumed so much of my mind. Too much, perhaps.

I don’t know what you call them, those moments between breaths, the spaces between heartbeats, but Penelope seemed to occupy every one of mine.