Sweetbitter Song

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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My bed felt horribly empty without the warmth of Penelope beside me.

All night, I wrestled with the urge to go to her, to take her in my arms and beg for her forgiveness. A few times, my desperation almost won out, but then I remembered the way she had withdrawn from my touch. From me.

So I stayed away.

Now it was somehow morning again, though I was certain I had not slept.