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Penelope's daughter
A retelling of Homer's Odyssey from the perspective of Odysseus's daughter, Xanthe, who has barricaded herself inside her chambers to avoid the ravenous suitors who are anxious to become king, and she chronicles her life through her loom, weaving the adventures of her life, as she contemplates who will decide her future--a loathsome suitor, her brother, or a father who does not know her.
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/427129666#Topic/odysseus_greek_mythology
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1026997
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/427129666#Topic/fiction_historical
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001072
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002768
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/427129666#Topic/mothers_and_daughters
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107237
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/427129666#Topic/penelope_greek_mythology
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1056863
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1043923
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/797462
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010104234
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/427129666#Topic/fiction
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- "With her father, Odysseus, away and her mother, Penelope, dealing with power-hungry suitors, Xanthe reminisces about her upbringing among slaves, her years spent in hiding with Helen of Troy, and her sexual awakening in the arms of the man she loves."
- "A retelling of Homer's Odyssey from the perspective of Odysseus's daughter, Xanthe, who has barricaded herself inside her chambers to avoid the ravenous suitors who are anxious to become king, and she chronicles her life through her loom, weaving the adventures of her life, as she contemplates who will decide her future--a loathsome suitor, her brother, or a father who does not know her."@en
- "The award-winning author of "The Four Seasons" retells "The Odyssey" from thepoint of view of Odysseus's and Penelope's daughter."@en
- "The award-winning author of The Four Seasons retells The Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus and Penelope's daughter. With her father Odysseus gone for twenty years, Xanthe barricades herself in her royal chambers to escape the rapacious suitors who would abduct her to gain the throne. Xanthe turns to her loom to weave the adventures of her life, from her upbringing among servants and slaves, to the years spent in hiding with her mother's cousin, Helen of Troy, to the passion of her sexual awakening in the arms of the man she loves. And when a stranger dressed as a beggar appears at the palace, Xanthe wonders who will be the one to decide her future-a suitor she loathes, a brother she cannot respect, or a father who doesn't know she exists..."@en