Mestra

<p><b>From the internationally bestselling author of <i>The Song of Achilles</i> and <i>Circe</i> comes a remarkable new short story</b><br> <br> <b><i>A cursed father, a gifted daughter</i></b><br> <br> Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine.<br> <br> Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger.<br> <br> Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: will she keep helping her father survive, or finally break free?<br> <br> A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, <i>Mestra</i> confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.</p>