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SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL _______________ A beautiful and profound retelling - Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe Gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra _______________ If I told you that I d killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what happened next? Monster. Man-hater. Murderess. Forget everything you ve been told about Medusa. Internationally bestselling author Jessie Burton flips the script in this astonishing retelling of Greek myth, illuminating the woman behind the legend at last. Exiled to a far-flung island after being abused by powerful Gods, Medusa has little company other than the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. Haunted by the memories of a life before everything was stolen from her, she has no choice but to make peace with her present: Medusa the Monster. But when the charmed and beautiful Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is blown apart, unleashing desire, love... and betrayal. Adapted from the hardback illustrated by Olivia Lomenech-Gill, this paperback edition is perfect for readers who loved Circe and Ariadne, as Medusa comes alive in a new version of the story that history set in stone long ago. _________________ . a must-read for women of all ages - Red magazine Utterly transporting - Guardian Books of the Year . an impressive addition to the shelves of feminist retellings, balancing rage with beautiful storytelling - Irish Times

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Jessie Burton studied at the University of Oxford and then went on to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is the author of three novels for adults, The Miniaturist (2014), The Muse (2016) and The Confession (2019), and is both a Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller and a New York Times bestseller. The Miniaturist sold a million copies worldwide in its first year and has also been adapted for television by the BBC. Jessie is now published in forty languages. Her first children s story, The Restless Girls, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018.

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