![]() ![]() ![]() I have always loved mythology and truly enjoyed this version of the story. What follows is the story of how Persephone transitions from self absorbed child to a caring and determined young woman and finally to a radiant queen. Hades offers her the choice to stay in the vale or become his queen, and Persephone makes her choice. When Hades appears to Persephone in the protected vale Demeter has created, Persephone finally has someone who treats her as an adult rather than a child. Tired of being treated like a child and ignored by her mother the goddess Demeter, Persephone silently rebels against her mother who refuses to acknowledge that her daughter is no longer a child, but a young woman. What sets Whiteman’s Persephone apart is that everything that happens to her is by her own choice. Whiteman’s Persephone however, is not the damsel in distress that you often find in the traditional myth. In this stunning debut, Whiteman elaborates on the myth often called The Rape of Persephone. ![]()
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