Join us at our Beachwood Branch for a conversation with Natalie Haynes, author of "No Friend to This House."
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https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/15015487
Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of "The Amber Fury," "The Children of Jocasta," "A Thousand Ships," which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2020 and "Stone Blind." Her nonfiction book about women in Greek Myth, "Pandora’s Jar," was a bestseller in both the UK and the US. She has written and performed 11 series of her BBC Radio 4 show, "Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics." In 2015 she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience.
"No Friend to This House" is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea.
This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This part of his quest has been forgotten, by everyone but me . . .
Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, for him and everyone he meets. But if he ever reaches the distant land he seeks, he faces almost certain death.
Medea – priestess, witch, and daughter of a brutal king – has the power to save the life of a stranger. Will she betray her family and her home, and what will she demand in return?
Medea and Jason seize their one chance of a life together, as the gods intend. But their love is steeped in vengeance from the beginning, and no one – not even those closest to them – will be safe.
📕 Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
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