Penelope's Daughter

by Laurel Corona

Book Overview

The award-winning author of The Four Seasons retells The Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus and Penelope's daughter. With her father Odysseus gone for twenty years, Xanthe barricades herself in her royal chambers to escape the rapacious suitors who would abduct her to gain the throne. Xanthe turns to her loom to weave the adventures of her life, from her upbringing among servants and slaves, to the years spent in hiding with her mother's cousin,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425236625
• ISBN13: 9780425236628
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher