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Barcode30293102055782
LocationClark County
Call NoF Shep
TitlePhaedra : a novel / Laura Shepperson.
AuthorShepperson, Laura. author.
CollectionF
Total Circ1
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102055782F Shep1/14/2023 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 1639101535
International Standard Book Number 9781639101535
Personal Name Shepperson, Laura. author.
Title Statement Phaedra : a novel / Laura Shepperson.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Alcove Press, 2023.
Physical Description 326 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note Includes discussion questions.
Summary, Etc. "Phaedra has been cast to the side all her life: daughter of an adulteress, sister of a monster, and now unwilling bride to the much-older, power-hungry Theseus. Young, naïve, and idealistic, she has accepted her lot in life, resigned to existing under the sinister weight of Theseus's control and the constant watchful eye of her handsome stepson Hippolytus. When supposedly pious Hippolytus assaults her, Phaedra's world is darkened in the face of untouchable, prideful power. In the face of injustice, Phaedra refuses to remain quiet any longer: such an awful truth demands to be brought to light. When Phaedra publicly accuses Hippolytus of rape, she sparks an overdue reckoning. The men of Athens gather to determine the truth. Meanwhile, the women of the city, who have no vote, are gathering in the shadows. The women know truth is a slippery thing in the hands of men. There are two sides to every story, and theirs has gone unheard. Until now"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Phaedra (Greek mythological character) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rape victims Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Mythology, Greek Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Trials (Rape) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Truth Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Athens (Greece) History Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Fantasy fiction.

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