Episode 27: Birthday Books!
It's Lindsey's Birthday Month! This week, Renee chooses books for Lindsey's TBR with all her favorite tropes: unlikely friends, magical realism, mysteries and thrillers, and of course, Nantucket. Follow along as the bookish friends discuss the Farmers Market, broken bones, and books.
Books we discussed during this episode:
The Lido by Libby Page
Summer House by Nancy Thayer
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Starling House by Alix E Harrow
Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
What Wild Women Do by Karma Brown
Join us for our January Buddy Read: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster.
The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, and feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know.
When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge--on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's actions, Medusa is forever transformed. Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone. Cursed with the power to destroy all she loves with one look, Medusa condemns herself to a life of solitude. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon...
In Stone Blind, classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes turns our understanding of this legendary myth on its head, bringing empathy and nuance to one of the earliest stories in which a woman--injured by a powerful man--is blamed, punished, and monstered for the assault. Delving into the origins of this mythic tale, Haynes revitalizes and reconstructs Medusa's story with her passion and fierce wit, offering a timely retelling of this classic myth that speaks to us today.
Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee Digirolamo
Producer: John Dailey
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