The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes

The Children of Jocasta by Natalie HaynesFrom Natalie Haynes, the Women's Prize shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships, comes The Children of Jocasta, a retelling of Oedipus and Antigone from the perspectives of the women the myths overlooked. My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . . Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be,

Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With'

For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies

as with all things

across history and asks to be heard

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a woman on the run meets her match in a flirtatious encounter at Dubai Airport

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Using her own experiences with her brother Branwell to depict the cruelty and debauchery from which Helen flees

This well-loved story is beautifully re-imagined for a new generation by illustrator Miriam Bos

She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis

) From the bestselling creator of There's a Bear on My Chair

and funny - these vibrant voices reflect the diversity of lives lived away from the homeland