Penelopiad -- Margaret Atwood, Paperback

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Penelopiad -- Margaret Atwood, PaperbackMargaret Atwood's acclaimed stage adaptation of Homer. As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus' epic adventures around the Mediterranean slaying

knee-slappingest

each layer of Hell reveals monsters

ISBN: 9780374308421

a realm of magic populated by elves

touching millions of readers

But nothing can prepare them for a clueless school board (ew)

"A hauntingly beautiful story of rescue and rehabilitation

she reconnects with her former best friend

"Progressive crafters will be galvanized by this celebration of homespun resistance

" Such a poem is often written in the very last moments of the poet's life

and God's message

" --Michael LewisAuthor: Malcolm Gladwell