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Book of the week
| As All Hallows Eve looms, it seemed like a perfect moment for a new witchy tale from Greek mythology.
And who better to bring to life than Medea, the spell-conjuring sorceress who helped Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, pursue the Golden Fleece.
In Rosie Hewlett’s new novel, “The Witch of Colchis,” we meet Medea before Jason’s betrayal and before her volcanic revenge, when she is a young princess, manipulated by her father who seeks to use her magic for his own advantage and shunned by her people for her knowledge of sorcery.
She confides in the first sentence of the novel, “When I was a child, I turned my brother into a pig.”
Her father ordered her to undo the spell and when Medea said she couldn’t, he beat her.
“Unlike my mother,” she tells us, “I never cried when my father hurt me.”
Apprenticed to her Aunt Circe, also the heroine of a wonderful novel by Madeline Miller, Medea begins to understand how to manage her magic. Until the world’s pain becomes too much.
— Kerri Miller |
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| | Talking Volumes returns in 2024 for 25th season |
Talking Volumes favorite Kate DiCamillo is back on the Fitzgerald stage with Kerri for our 25th season to talk about here new book "The Hotel Balzaar." Join us for our final Talking Volumes event Oct. 29 for a magical evening with musical guest Humbird. | |
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| | Unsung Americans with Minnesota‘s own Sharon McMahon |
Sharon McMahon went viral in 2020 when the former government teacher took to Instagram to battle misinformation. Now the Minnesotan is out with a book that combines her passion for history with her belief that everyday people can influence democracy in “The Small and the Mighty.” | |
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| | Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Spellshop’ by Sarah Beth Durst |
Ellie Petres of The Book Garden in Bountiful, Utah, recommends “The Spellshop” by Sarah Beth Durst.
The novel follows Kiela, a librarian, and her sentient spider plant assistant, Caz. When a revolution in the city declares magic illegal and her library is burnt, Kiela gathers up all the spellbooks she can carry, along with Caz and sets sail for the small island where Kiela was raised — though she hasn’t seen it in years. | |
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