https://padlet.com/dmcandrews4_1/Circe By Ms. McAndrews, ORB Quarter 1 en-us 2018-10-30 17:48:16 UTC 2018-10-30 18:06:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png dmcandrews4_1 https://padlet.com/dmcandrews4_1/Circe/wish/298667531 2018-10-30 17:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dmcandrews4_1/Circe/wish/298667531 dmcandrews4_1 https://padlet.com/dmcandrews4_1/Circe/wish/298671205 New York Times]]> 2018-10-30 18:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dmcandrews4_1/Circe/wish/298671205 dmcandrews4_1 https://padlet.com/dmcandrews4_1/Circe/wish/298673218 Publishers Weekly/* Starred Review */ Miller follows her impressive debut (The Song of Achilles) with a spirited novel about Circe ’s evolution from insignificant nymph to formidable witch best known for turning Odysseus’s sailors into swine. Her narrative begins with a description of growing up the awkward daughter of Helios, the sun god. She does not discover her gift for pharmakeia (the art of using herbs and spells) until she transforms her first love, a poor fisherman, into a god. When he rejects her in favor of vain Scylla, Circe  turns Scylla into a sea monster. Now considered dangerous, Circe  is exiled to an island, where she experiments with local flora and fauna. After returning from a visit to Crete to help her sister give birth to the Minotaur, Circe  is joined on the island by errant nymphs sentenced to do their penance in her service. By the time Odysseus’s ship arrives, winding its way  home from the Trojan War, Circe  reigns over a prosperous household. Welcome guests enjoy her hospitality; unwelcome guests are turned into wild pigs. Neither the goddess Athena nor the deadliest poison known to man makes Circe  flinch. Weaving together Homer’s tale with other sources, Miller crafts a classic story of female empowerment. She paints an uncompromising portrait of a superheroine who learns to wield divine power while coming to understand what it means to be mortal. Agent: Julie Barer, the Book Group . (Apr.) --Staff (Reviewed 02/05/2018) (Publishers Weekly, vol 265, issue 6, p)

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