Medusa

A beautiful and profound retelling ...a powerfully feminist, elegaic and original twist on this old story. The book tackles pain and trauma without flinching, but its message is ultimately one of joy and hope ― Madeline Miller

Utterly transporting ― Guardian Books of the Year

A beautiful and compassionate retelling that gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity ... Medusa's vulnerability, strength and journey of self-acceptance is one that will stay with me ― Jennifer Saint

[A] beguiling, lyrical, but also relatable retelling of the myth of Medusa ... [that] reclaims her both as an ordinary teenage girl who was exploited, brutalised then punished and also as a feminist icon who refuses to be a victim when she can be a proud survivor ... Medusa is a must read for women of all ages ― Red Magazine 'Best Books to Read This October'

Destined to become as much an artefact of our own age as it is an illumination of the ancient past [...] bracing and powerful ― Guardian

Immerse yourself in Jessie Burton's poetic, powerful reclamation of Medusa's story ― Harper's Bazaar

This book is a beautiful excavation, uncovering the girl beneath the gorgon, the power within the punished. Exquisitely told,Medusa stole my heart from its first fierce lines ― Mary Watson

Easily my read of the year. Sheer perfection from start to finish ― Catherine Doyle

A thought-provoking and gorgeously illustrated retelling ― Daily Mail Christmas Roundup

Fierce and tender and full of heart; the reclamation of self that Medusa is owed, the version of the myth that deserves to be told, passed girl to girl, painted across walls and screamed from rooftops ― Melinda Salisbury

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