Laurel Corona, Author

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PENELOPE'S DAUGHTER

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Greek Women at Their Loom

The story of Homer's Odyssey from the perspective of the women left behind. As a young bride and mother, Odysseus' wife, Penelope, takes control in Ithaca. She manages through wits and wiles to protect her children and her husband's kingdom from predatory men who wish to seize power. Xanthe, a daughter born after Odysseus' departure for Troy, narrates her story at the age of nineteen, as the battle of the suitors rages in the palace. Through her life experiences in Ithaca and in the court of Helen of Sparta (better known as Helen of Troy), the themes and characters from the Odyssey are rewoven into a tale in which women are heroes in their own right.


"If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it." H.G. Wells

MY BOOKS

THE FOUR SEASONS
Two sisters abandoned at Venice's Pieta escape the drudgery of their cloistered lives though the music of their mentor, Antonio Vivaldi. Coming November 4, 2008 from Hyperion/Voice.
PENELOPE'S DAUGHTER
The story of those left behind in Ithaca when Odysseus goes off to the Trojan War, told by a daughter he doesn't even know exists. All rights available.
UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH
A chronicle of the Jewish partisans of Vilna, focusing on the life of one young couple, Leizer and Zenia Lewinson Bart, who met and married in the ghetto, then escaped to fight with the famed partisan group "The Avengers." Written by Laurel Corona, with primary research by Michael Bart, Until Our Last Breath is published by St. Martin's Press.

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