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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Jewels glittered like the eyes of beasts drowning in a sea of gold.

The queen of Ithaca stood beside her mountain of gifts, the one we had spent hours assembling the previous day.

Now Penelope regarded her treasures with a look of distinct disinterest. Before her, the suitors marveled at their gifts, the cold, glimmering sign of their power. Soon to be the price of their lives.

I suppressed a smile, but the corners faded as soon as I caught sight of Odysseus lingering in the corner of the banquet hall.