A sumptuously illustrated picture book by the author of the bestselling THE BOOK OF GODDESSES and THE GODDESS TAROT. Praised by the New York Times Book Review for its “quality of myth and magic” and by Jean Shinoda Bolen (GODDESSES IN EVERY WOMAN) as "a beautifully done retelling of the major mother-daughter myth."
When Persephone bends down to pick a blood-red narcissus, the earth suddenly splits in two. From the abyss a golden chariot appears, and its mysterious driver drags Persephone into the crevice. Then the earth seals shut with a shudder. Deep in the darkness of the underworld, Persephone discovers that she has been abducted by Pluto who loves her and makes her his queen. But Persephone is inconsolable, knowing she will never see the sun or her mother Demeter again.
Then the grief-stricken Demeter, goddess of the harvest, refuses to allow spring to return unless she is reunited with her daughter. And as the earth becomes frozen and the wheat fields barren, the survival of the earth is uncertain. Will Pluto free Persephone, or is the earth doomed?
Kris Waldherr’s breathtaking illustrations, filled with mystery and magic, enrich this haunting Greek myth that will linger in the mind long after the last page has been turned.
