It is tagged as ya in many places, including the authors website, and there are things about it, such as the tone and style of the story telling it is from persephones firstperson point of view, that cause me to agree with the ya tag. The story of hades and persephone, and how she ended up in the underworld, married to the god of the dead. Lesbians in books lesbian retellings of fairy tales. Now, i suppose that someone could do a good lesbian separatist reformulation of the persephone myth, especially if they start out with the first nonstandardness of the dark wife, viz. It won the 2012 golden crown literary award for speculative fiction. I also dont like not finishing books, but i was really tempted to dnf this. This book will sneak up on you, steal your loose change and run away with your afternoon if you let it. The dark wife is the awardwinning ya novel that retells the persephone myth in a courageous new way.
The story of persephone and hades has always been a favorite of mine, especially when you delve deep into the various interpretations of the original translations. Persephone has everything a daughter of zeus could wantexcept for freedom. She writes stories about courageous young ladies who love other ladies, makes jewelry out of. The dark wife sarah diemer yet another book blogger. Diemer is the award winning ya, lesbian retelling of the persephone mythnow in audiobook form, thanks to its fans. Someone like you sarah dessen, just listen sarah dessen, this lullaby sarah dessen, the dark wife sarah diemer, saint anything sarah dessen, along for the ride sarah dessen not rated. The dark wife, debut novel from sarah diemer, is a tale that turns greek myth inside out and makes it something darkly beautiful, a gem among the imagine that everything you knew about greek mythology was skewed so that zeus could better control mortals by spreading lies and untruths. Theres plenty to love in the dark wife, not least of all diemers strong, lyrical prose. In sarah diemers selfpublished, ya novel, the dark wife, we follow the dawning of persephone, first into teen angst, then first love, disillusionment, bitter hatred, selfimposed emotional exile, awareness, awakening, adult love, and finally into an unavoidable yet mature compromise between those that love and hurt her so much. The dark wife is sarah diemers lesbian retelling of the persephone myth. The dark wife is a ya novel, a lesbian revisionist retelling of the persephone and hades myth.
She lives on the green earth with her mother, demeter, growing up beneath the everwatchful eyes of the gods and. It is offered as a free download in the hopes that everyone who needs to read it will be able to do so. She writes stories about courageous young ladies who love other ladies, makes jewelry out of words and wire and loves her wife more than anything in the universe. Its like a prequel to a war, with the war over in a sentence and a lot of unanswered. When im not booktubing or busy with school and other stuff you can. It is available from amazon, barnes and noble and smashwords.
Out of all the stories from the greek mythology about the gods of mount olympus, the myth of hades and persephone had always been my favorite. Most lgbt books deal with discovering their sexuality and wondering how the world will treat them. She offers persephone sanctuary in her land of the dead, so the young goddess may escape her olympian destiny. The love story in the dark wife is tender and lovely, but the plot favours a happy ending at the cost of a satisfying conclusion to the fate of the immortals of olympus. The dark wife, a lesbian retelling of the persephone myth, is the debut ya novel from awardwinning author of lesbian ya speculative fiction sarah s. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Several goddesses and mortals are queer, and honestly id.
Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world. Sarah diemer has 26 books on goodreads with 34010 ratings. Ya author of golden crown awardwinning the dark wife the lesbian, ya retelling of the persephone myth and twixt and coauthor, with my amazing wife, author jennifer diemer, of project unicorn. I will definitely be reading more of sarah diemer in the future. It seems there are many books based on or influenced by myths and mythological beings. Twixt is a stunning, pageturning adventure, part ya paranormal romance, part thrilling horror, from awardwinning ya author sarah diemer. The dark wife by sarah diemer goodreads share book. According to most traditional tellings of the story, hades. Sarah diemer, quote from the dark wife you saved my life, persephone. I write about heroic, magical girls who love girls. The following is the complete and unabridged novel the. The following is the complete and unabridged novel the dark wifeby sarah diemer. The dark wife is a book ive been meaning to read for years but just finally found the time in the form of hourlong commutes to work. If you have read and enjoyed the free version, please consider donating what you think the novel is worth at the authors site, oceanid.
The dark wife by sarah diemer saturday, september 24, 2016 19. I was early to the airport, had a flight delay, and then a 1. I powered through because it was relatively short and, to be honest, i paid a decent amount of money to get it. May 12, 2011, audiobook release february 10, 2017 format. But persephone finds more than freedom in the underworld. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The dark wife is a passionate retelling, with delicious details from a forbidding old story made into something new and celebratory. Thank you for transporting me so completely to the other realm. The dark wife, by sarah diemer, is a lesbian separatist reformulation of the persephone myth. The dark wife is the awardwinning ya novel that retells the persephone myth. This book came to me via a recommendation by author cathy pegau on twitter and im so very happy we were both in the same digital space that.
The dark wife by sarah diemer hades and persephone fairest by cara malone snow white girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust snow white gretel. The system for our language arts class is that if you can get 50 ar points during the quarter, your lowest grade is dropped. The following is the complete and unabridged novel the dark wife by sarah diemer. Making friends and finding bisexual romance characters. And i feel bad that this is in the same category as don delillo books. Published in 2011, the dark wife won the 2012 golden crown literary award for speculative fiction, and was nominated for a parsec award for the first two chapters of the audiobook.
But as lottie and charlie plot their escape from abeo city, lotties dark secrets begin to surface, along with the disturbing truth about twixt. The dark wife uk link, us link is a retelling of the ancient greek myth of persephone. I was on the hunt for a few indie books about a year ago, and was pleasantly surprised when i stumbled upon this book in a list of recommendations. Click to read more about the dark wife by sarah diemer. Basically i liked hades portrayal there, i liked the feminist themes prominent throughout the book, i was super excited theres a glbtfriendly interpretation of this couple but i wasnt that fond of the authors prosewriting and as a result of said writing, much to my disappointment, i found it a bit difficult to connect with persephone as a character, even if i did feel sympathy. This is a post for my classmates who have been asking me for books with lots of ar points. The dark wife won the 2012 golden crown literary award for speculative fiction, and was nominated for a parsec award first two chapters of the audiobook. Despite being an immortal goddess, persephone is a relatable heroine for anyone whos ever felt unsure of their place in the world or railed against restrictive traditions.
Download read the dark wife 2011 by sarah diemer in. Each of us picks books that were interested in reading, and the reason for that. The dark wife by sarah diemer is a new twist on the ageold story of hades and persephone, the greek gods believed to be the king and queen of the underworld. The dark wife sarah diemer works archive of our own. I read this book over the course of a day of travel. Diemer is the ya, lesbian retelling of the persephone myth. According to most traditional tellings of the story, hades, the lord of the underworld, carries off persephone, daughter of the goddess of the harvest, to force her to be his wife. The dark wife by sarah diemer smart bitches, trashy books. This book was really wonderful, lovely enough to keep me up past bed time. There are a lot of ladies who are interested in other ladies here and i love it. By default you will receive a daily digest containing any books that were published by authors in. A fairytale retold by niamh murphy hansel and gretel in ageless sleep by arden ellis sleeping beauty kissing the witch.
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