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02827aam a2200445 4500 001 608E0FC4590D11EEB1F723F94AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230922010041 008 181015s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 035 $a (OCoLC)1056952021 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Haynes, Natalie, $e author. 245 14 $a The Children of Jocasta / $c by Natalie Haynes. 264 1 $a New York : $b Europa Editions, $c 2018. 300 $a 304 pages ; 21 cm. 520 $a Thebes is a city in mourning, still reeling from a devastating attack of plague that invaded every home and left the survivors devastated and fearful. This is the Thebes that Jocasta has known her entire life, a city ruled by a king-her husband-to-be. Jocasta struggles through this miserable marriage until she is unexpectedly widowed-now free to choose her next husband, she selects the handsome, youthful oedipus. When whispers emerge of an unbearable scandal, the very society that once lent Jocasta its support seems determined to destroy her. Ismene is a girl in mourning, longing for the golden days of her youth-days spent lolling in the courtyard garden, reading and reveling in her parents' happiness and love. Now she is an orphan, and the target of a murder plot, attacked within the very walls of the palace. As the deadly political competition swirls around her, she must uncover the root of the plot - and reveal the truth of the curse that has consumed her family. The novel is based on oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, two of Classical Greece's most compelling tragedies. Told in intersecting narratives, this feminist reimagining of Sophocles' classic plays brings life and voice to the women who were too often forced to the background of their own stories. It is compulsively entertaining fiction that recasts these familiar stories for the twenty-first century reader. 541 $d 20230322. 600 $a Antigone $c (Mythological character) $v Fiction. 600 7 $a Antigone $c (Mythological character.) 650 $a Jocasta (Greek mythology) $v Fiction. 650 $a Teenage girls $v Fiction. 650 $a Arranged marriage $v Fiction. 650 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 $a Brothers and sisters $v Fiction. 650 4 $a Kings and rulers $v Fiction. 650 $a Ismene (Greek mythology) $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Arranged marriage. 650 7 $a Brothers and sisters. 650 7 $a Families. 650 7 $a Ismene (Greek mythology.) 650 7 $a Jocasta (Greek mythology.) 650 7 $a Kings and rulers. 650 7 $a Teenage girls. 655 7 $a Fiction $x General. 655 7 $a Fiction. 655 7 $a Electronic books. 655 7 $a Downloadable eBooks. 941 $a 1 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20231021032211.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=608E0FC4590D11EEB1F723F94AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search