An electric, beguiling contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.
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A gripping, reflective, and powerful novel of healing, redemption, and love that follows a Queer Black woman-a recovering opioid addict recently out of prison-who is desperate to stay clean and pull her tattered life together with the aim of regaining custody of her two children while her old life beckons.
Two women walk on a knife-edge as war looms in ancient Britain. One is immortal and cursed. The other is a mortal warrior, doomed to a loveless marriage. But they must work together as dangers mount, or they'll both be as lost as the realms they call home.