{"product_id":"odyssey-to-my-daughter-9780578985343","title":"Odyssey To My Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOdyssey To My Daughter: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiscovering motherhood in an ancient culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA girl, who dreams of being an ancient warrior, finds it difficult to meet cultural expectations in California. Lacking her mother's understanding and affection, she finds no model for womanhood and mothering that she can relate to. Her attempt at marriage fails and, in her confusion, she manages to \u003cstrong\u003elose custody of her daughter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus begins \u003cstrong\u003ean odyssey away from the modern world\u003c\/strong\u003e and into an\u003cstrong\u003e ancient way of life\u003c\/strong\u003e where the author slowly learns to embrace and understand the woman and mother within her. On her \u003cstrong\u003eodyssey\u003c\/strong\u003e she encounters women who treat her as a daughter and she enters into a world of archaic beliefs and social mores. She works in the fields, participates in the cycles of living and dying, and develops a deep love for the people in the village where she lives, and the wild and rocky splendor of\u003cstrong\u003e Inner Mani \u003c\/strong\u003esurrounding it.. The myths and stories she has absorbed since childhood come alive there, people named after mythical heroines, and the poetry of lamentations that hark back to the fall of Troy. Not far from where she harvests olives in the groves lies the entrance to the Underworld described by Homer in the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. It is a world that merges the echoes of her youth with a new confidence in her womanhood. When news comes of her father's immanent death, she is torn between wanting to stay where she is and returning to California to see her daughter and her dying father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Valborg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Floating Island Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578985343","brand":"Floating Island Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42806540042355,"sku":"9.78058E+12","price":30.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b1534434-8f67-48bd-90ea-feff8491b764.jpg?v=1738235858","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/odyssey-to-my-daughter-9780578985343","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}