Natalie Haynes The Children of Jocasta : A Viscerally Atmospheric Retelling of

Passionate and gripping &ndash Madeline Miller, bestselling author of CirceA powerful retelling of Oedipus and Antigone that casts fresh light on the women the myths overlooked. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes. My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . .Jocasta is just fifteen when she is ordered to marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. But it is her duty to produce an heir, who will alter the course of her life forever. Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents tragic deaths, it had been the one place she felt safe. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change. With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motion. But not as you know it . . .A wonderful and inventive take on an ancient tale &ndash The TimesHaynes&rsquos fascination with this long vanished world is evident in every line &ndash The GuardianGlorious, gripping and brutal . . . I loved it &ndash Victoria Derbyshire, journalist and broadcasterPraise for Natalie HaynesWitty, gripping, ruthless &ndash Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaids Tale, via XThe great champion of women in Greek myth &ndash Daily Mail&lsquoA fierce feminist exploration of female rage, written with wit and empathy&rsquo &ndash Glamour | Natalie Haynes The Children of Jocasta : A Viscerally Atmospheric Retelling of