The dark wife sarah diemer

She lives on the green earth with her mother, demeter, growing up beneath the everwatchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on mount olympus. The love story in the dark wife is tender and lovely, but the plot favours a happy ending at the cost of a satisfying conclusion to the fate of the immortals of olympus. The dark wife is a retelling of the persephone myth. It is available from amazon, barnes and noble and smashwords.

Help us to create a free audiobook of the dark wife, by sarah diemer, read by parsec award finalist veronica giguere. The dark wife audiobook by hugh odonnell kickstarter. According to most traditional tellings of the story, hades. The dark wife, a lesbian retelling of the persephone myth, is the debut ya novel from awardwinning author of lesbian ya speculative fiction sarah s. The dark wife by sarah diemer smart bitches, trashy books. In sarah diemers selfpublished, ya novel, the dark wife, we follow the dawning of persephone, first into teen angst, then first love, disillusionment, bitter hatred, selfimposed emotional exile, awareness, awakening, adult love, and finally into an unavoidable yet mature compromise between those that love and hurt her so much. Hugh odonnell is raising funds for the dark wife audiobook on kickstarter. The dark wife, by sarah diemer, is a lesbian separatist reformulation of the persephone myth.

The dark wife by sarah diemer march 21, 2018 march 10, 2018 inautopiastateofmind leave a comment the dark wife is a phenomenal story that not only retells one of my favorite greek myths, but also brings a new light and life to it highlighting it as a clever and imaginative love story. The dark wife is sarah diemers lesbian retelling of the persephone myth. She lives on the green earth with her mother, demeter, growing up beneath the everwatchful eyes of the gods and. Download read the dark wife 2011 by sarah diemer in. It is tagged as ya in many places, including the authors website. After witnessing the brutal rape and murder of the nymph at zeuss hands, she is afraid. It is tagged as ya in many places, including the authors website, and there are things about it, such as the tone and style of the story telling it is from persephones firstperson point of view, that cause me to agree with the ya tag. I look at the dark wife by sarah diemer, a young adult lesbian retelling of the greek myth of persephone and hades. The following is the complete and unabridged novel. The following is the complete and unabridged novel the dark wife by sarah diemer. May 12, 2011, audiobook release february 10, 2017 format.

Very much a labor of love, the translation is now completedand, like its english counterpartwill now be offered for free so that everyone can. Diemer is the ya, lesbian retelling of the persephone myth. Her debut novel, the dark wife, the ya, lesbian retelling of the persephone myth, won the 2012 golden crown literary award for speculative fiction, and was nominated for a parsec award first two chapters of the audiobook. Ya author of golden crown awardwinning the dark wife the lesbian, ya retelling of the persephone myth and twixt and coauthor, with my amazing wife, author jennifer diemer, of project unicorn. The following is the complete and unabridged novel the. The dark wife sarah diemer works archive of our own. Its like a prequel to a war, with the war over in a sentence and a lot of unanswered. The dark wife won the 2012 golden crown literary award for speculative fiction, and was nominated for a parsec award first two chapters of the audiobook. The dark wife uk link, us link is a retelling of the ancient greek myth of persephone. Then i started reading the book and before i knew it, i was more than a third of the way into the book, it was nearly. The dark wife is the awardwinning ya novel that retells the persephone myth in a courageous new way. She lives on the green earth with her mother, demeter, growing up beneath the everwatchful eyes of. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Out of all the stories from the greek mythology about the gods of mount olympus, the myth of hades and persephone had always been my favorite.

Fantasyfairy tale romance genre smart bitches, trashy. This is a beautiful and clever retelling of the persephone and hades myth one of my favourites, mixing a sweet love story with a comingofage tale. I read this book over the course of a day of travel. The dark wife by sarah diemer utopia state of mind. When persephone was young, she had a friendship and relationship with a nymph. According to most traditional tellings of the story, hades, the lord of the underworld, carries off persephone, daughter of the goddess of the harvest, to force her to be his wife.

She is the illustrious and kind queen of the underworld, and diemers novel is told completely through her point of view. It is offered as a free download in the hopes that everyone who needs to. The dark wife was recommended in the thread of ff romance recommendations, and when i read the summary, i was really curious. The dark wife by sarah diemer is a new twist on the ageold story of hades and persephone, the greek gods believed to be the king and queen of the underworld. Published in 2011, the dark wife won the 2012 golden crown literary award for speculative fiction, and was nominated for a parsec award for the first two chapters of the audiobook. I write about heroic, magical girls who love girls. The dark wife is a ya novel, a lesbian revisionist retelling of the persephone and hades myth. Someone like you sarah dessen, just listen sarah dessen, this lullaby sarah dessen, the dark wife sarah diemer, saint anything sarah dessen, along for the ride sarah dessen not rated. The dark wife is a ya novel, a lesbian revisionist retelling of the.

Stunning, heartfelt telling of persephone and hades synopsis. The dark wife by sarah diemer three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. The dark wife, a ya retelling of the persephonehades myth, will be released may 17th, 2011. Sarah diemer, quote from the dark wife you see, i have been content with the darkness. Sarah diemer is currently considered a single author. Persephone has everything a daughter of zeus could wantexcept for freedom. The dark wife by sarah diemer saturday, september 24, 2016 19. The dark wife sarah diemer yet another book blogger.

Now, i suppose that someone could do a good lesbian separatist reformulation of the persephone myth, especially if they start out with the first nonstandardness of the dark wife, viz. The dark wife is a book ive been meaning to read for years but just finally found the time in the form of hourlong commutes to work. I was early to the airport, had a flight delay, and then a 1. The story of persephone and hades has always been a favorite of mine, especially when you delve deep into the various interpretations of the original translations. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. When im not booktubing or busy with school and other stuff you can find me. This myth is one of my favorites, so i picked up its reinterpretation eagerly. Diemer keeps to the heart of the mythology and the nature of the greek gods. It is offered as a free download in the hopes that everyone who needs to read it will be able to do so. The dark wife is a retelling of the ancient greek myth involving persephone and hades. The prose is immediately engrossing and full of similes which paint the ancient world diemer depicts.

The dark wife ya mythic fantasy three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. The dark wife is sarah diemer s lesbian retelling of the persephone myth. And you reminded me about the stars, shining in the dark, never wavering. In achingly beautiful prose, sarah diemer tells the story of a young girl, deep in her first love, when her lover is violated and then turned into a flower by her lustful and domineering father, zeus. Sarah diemer three thousand years ago, a god told a lie.