Knowing that to interfere with their stories would cause mayhem in literature, Anne-Marie does her best to make each Heroine feel at home, with a roof over her head and a shoulder to cry on. These visitors long for comfort, consolation, and sometimes for more attention than the adolescent Penny wants her mother to give.
A lovesick Madame Bovary languishes in their hammock after Rodolphe has abandoned her, and Scarlett O'Hara's emotions are not easily tempered by tea and eiderdowns. Eileen Favorite's lively, fresh, and enormously entertaining novel gives readers a chance to experience their favorite Heroines all over again, or introduces these fictional women so beguilingly. They appear at all hours of the day and in all manners of distress. In this enchanting debut novel, Penny and her mother encounter great women from classic works of literature who make the Homestead their destination of choice just as the plots of their tumultuous, unforgettable stories begin to unravel. These novels, devoted to the lives of the Heroines that make them so irresistible, have a way of hitting too close to home-well, to the Homestead actually, where Anne-Marie runs the quaint family-owned bed and breakfast. The Heroines compellingly asks us to consider how our understanding is influenced by who is telling the story, and why.Although a true lover of books, Anne-Marie Entwhistle prefers not to read to her spirited daughter, Penny, especially from the likes of Madame Bovary, Gone With the Wind, or The Scarlet Letter. vibrant characters, dark twists, a shimmering brilliant read.' CARLY REAGON, author of The Toll House 'Beautifully told and utterly gripping. That women are to blame.' JOANNE BURN, author of The Hemlock Cure 'A mesmerizing read' ELIZABETH LEE, author of Cunning Women 'Fiercely compelling' CAROLINE LEA, author of The Glass Woman 'A stunning debut. _ 'Audacious and spirited' SARAH BURTON, author of The Strange Adventures of H 'A timely and labyrinthian retelling of the trial of Phaedra: breaking down the old walls and illuminating the true monsters.' CARI THOMAS author of Threadneedle 'The Heroines subverts the most enduring myth of all. There are two sides to every story, and theirs has gone unheard. After all, this is the age of heroes and the age of monsters. Who is guilty, and who is innocent? But the women know truth is a slippery thing.
The men of Athens must determine the truth. She's a young and neglected wife, the youngest in a long line of Cretan women with less than savoury reputations. He's a prince, a talented horseman, a promising noble with his whole life ahead of him. Phaedra, young bride of King Theseus, has accused her stepson, Hippolytus of rape. *** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** 'A deft and clever retelling full of intrigue, rage and pathos' JENNIFER SAINT, author of Ariadne 'An intelligent, highly crafted and necessary book' CLAIRE NORTH, author of Ithaca 'Urgent and furious' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan _ In Athens, crowds flock to witness the most shocking trial of the ancient world.
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