Alcestis: A Novel
<b>“[A]n engaging, subversive reimagining of the tale of the eponymous Greek heroine who is upheld as a shining example of the dutiful wife” (Jacqueline Carey).</b><br />  <br /> In Greek mythology, Alcestis is known as the good wife; she loved her husband so much that she died and went to the underworld in his place.<br />  <br /> This compelling new take on the classic story gives voice to the woman behind the ideal: What were her true motivations? And what happened to Alcestis in the three days she spent in the afterlife?<br />