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For fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker, a debut fantasy novel set in Mycenaean Greece that explores the myth of Persephone through the lens of mother-daughter dynamics.

Kore has lived her entire life under her resentful mother Demeter’s shadow, trying her hardest to please a woman grown bitter by…

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1 author picked Seeds as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Seeds has everything that makes a novel sing for me - layered, multi-facted characters, moments of beauty, moments of levity, moments of sorrow (like deep, make-me-ugly-cry sorrow...), moments of longing, of fear, of anger, of frustration, of triumph... a thoroughly and entirely satisfying read. Angie Paxton has a gift. She did such a powerful job of illuminating the consequences of abusive, toxic relationships that can sometimes occur between parents and children, and reminding the reader that forgiveness is not an obligation (especially when the abuser is hardly even contrite and continues to make excuses - the very telltale of the…

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