Medusa: The Girl Behind the Myth (Illustrated Gift Edition)

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Any images belonging to the author should be regarded in the same way as the previously mentioned written content and should not be used without permission. She was, instead, viewed here an ordinary girl wishing to live a quiet and solitary existence and with no desires for the power from or notice of the gods. But Medusa is 18 and Perseus 17, and the way 18-year-olds talk is very different from the way 13-year-olds speak. Her Medusa has been on an isolated island, with her two sisters and her dog as company, since she was cursed by Athena to have snakes for hair.

thank you netgalley, bloomsbury usa children's books, and jessie burton for an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review! Higgins’s own volume is illustrated by the Turner prize-winning Chris Ofili, whose drawings are charming and airy, suggestive in spirit of Matisse’s pencil sketches. The book opens on a hot, stark island, where Medusa - now with writhing snakes for hair instead of her previous dark locks - lives here in exile with her two sisters.

Onto this island sails a young lad, Perseus, who is on a quest, also at the behest of his fickle elders.

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. and both The Miniaturist and The Muse were New York Times best-sellers, and Radio 4's Books at Bedtime. Medusa's first-person voice is formally distant, hinting at her inner turmoil and experiences with misogynistic double standards. A muted colour palette consisting of mostly earthy tones was used for each of the gorgeous images and I would happily display every single one of them on my walls.

in " The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly " Publishing This Week" newsletter. I loved that here, in her own words, she gets to be more than just a cautionary tale or a monster to be slayed. Though unhappy with her appearance, she shares an interesting relationship with her snakes who each have names and moods that need to be tended.