{"product_id":"mestra-a-short-story-6286","title":"Mestra: A Short Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant new short story from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Madeline Miller\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eher first new work of fiction since the publication of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ethat vibrantly reimagines the powerful and forgotten myth of Mestra.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA cursed father, a gifted daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is granted a unique gift by Poseidon: The ability to transform herself into any being she can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger. Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: Will she keep helping her father survive or finally break free?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA jewel-like tale of human fallibility, and her first new work of fiction since the publication of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMestra\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadeline Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story \u003ci\u003eGalatea\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books have been translated into forty languages. Miller studied in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms, and has an MA in Classics from Brown University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Madeline Miller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67623746306333,"sku":"9780063566286","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780063566286.jpg?v=1790793225","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/mestra-a-short-story-6286","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}