Revealing Hannah The Myth of Cassandra

by Laura Fedolfi

Overview

A week away from graduating college and all Hannah Summers has to do is make it across campus in high heels without falling over, turn in her senior thesis, and meet Carl, her very nice boyfriend, for dinner with his rather awful parents. A straightforward plan. What could possibly go wrong? Unfortunately for her, quite a bit. The Greek gods she'd studied in school are about to put a major wrinkle in her carefully crafted future. Though the Olympians are no longer worshiped, they are immortal and need to make their way in the modern world. Apollo, god of the Sun, meets a publicist who convinces him that the time is ripe for a comeback, complete with a marketing strategy for re-branding himself. All he needs is a descendant of Cassandra's. Much like her ancestor, Cassandra, Hannah's life is about to veer way off course, and the events that follow will challenge her ingenuity, her relationships, and possibly her life.....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990979326
Publisher:	Illuminated Myth Publishing
Publication date:	04/12/2015
Series:	Revealing Hannah The Greek Myths , #1
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Laura Fedolfi grew up in Chichester, NH. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH and Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. There she wrote a senior thesis in her dual degree of Philosophy and English.

She went on to receive a Master's Degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

She has lived for the last 18 years in Chelmsford, MA where she has raised two children. She has held many different jobs, done a wide array of volunteer work, and is involved in the life of her Episcopal church, All Saints'.

Though she has always been telling stories, she began writing them down only recently. Revealing Hannah The Greek Myths is a series of novels. Follow the adventures of Hannah Summers as she navigates her first years after college. Imagine trying to sort out work, life and love with the added complication of having your fate entwined with the Greek gods. Each book focuses on a particular myth and takes you on an entertaining trip down the labyrinthine path of Hannah's quest for a life of her own making...

Editorial Reviews

2015-11-04
A classics major's life is turned upside down when she becomes part of the Greek gods' comeback plan in this comic novel. Hannah Summers, about to graduate with a degree in classics, should know all about the dangers of Greeks bearing gifts. But that's no defense, it turns out, against the Greek gods. They've found ways to exist in the modern world; Hera, for example, runs Ladies' Home and Hearth magazine. But a shady publicist, using the pitch that it's time for an Olympian comeback, convinces Apollo to give Hannah, a descendant of Cassandra (whom the rejected Apollo cursed so that no one would believe her true prophecies), a gift that reverses Cassandra's fate: everyone will listen to and believe her. As a spokesmodel for the gods, she'll convince humans to worship Olympians again. The very organized Hannah just wants to turn in her thesis and meet her boyfriend, Carl, and his parents for dinner, but her life turns into a comedy of errors that only snowballs as Apollo's gift starts working—but not as the Olympians had hoped. With help from some unexpected quarters, Hannah must work out a complicated plan and admit some truths about herself if she's going to face down Greek gods and other troublemakers. In her debut novel, Fedolfi blends a smart, witty mix of ancient deities with campus culture and modern media, and it all works. Hannah's influence spreads via YouTube, for example, and Carl's experience with Dungeons & Dragons comes in handy along with Hannah's classics knowledge. Fedolfi does a nice job with her characters, who trace some challenging personal journeys as they navigate the screwball plot. Though the trope of uptight person who needs unloosing through chaos is familiar, the author finds additional dimensions that add interest. Many lines are laugh-out-loud funny as well: "Is it aged single malt? Because I like my bourbon the way I like my women…old and single." The book, though, is overburdened with lengthy explanation as well as shifting, hard-to-follow alliances; it could use sprightlier pacing and a sharper focus. Clever, funny, and complex, if somewhat labyrinthine.

Kirkus Reviews