{"product_id":"the-penelopiad","title":"The Penelopiad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 20th anniversary edition of Margaret Atwood's iconic tale with a new foreword by the author and an afterword by Philip Pullman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA feminist retelling of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomer's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby the international best-selling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making . . . So I'll spin my own thread.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenelope. Immortalized in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: Her own side of the story is a tale of lust, greed and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtwood breathes new life into the classic story by giving a voice to Penelope and daring to ask what led to the hanging of twelve maids.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margaret Atwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54604669714645,"sku":"BS-I6J-260928","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781837260928-HD.jpg?v=1787498890","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/the-penelopiad","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}