Reviews
"Geringer captures the timeless, bittersweet atmosphere of the ancient tale. Gore’s misty, diaphanous images present the god's own world as one might imagine it in a vision or a dream; they are as seductive as the three succulent seeds with which Persephone, condemned as a consequence of eating them to three months a year in the underworld, seals her fate.” —Publisher’s Weekly
"When Demeter's young daughter, Persephone, is kidnapped by the king of the underworld, the earth goddess decrees that nothing will grow on Earth until the girl is returned to her. Laura Geringer brings a modern sensibility to her interpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's adaptation of the Greek myth about the origin of the seasons. In a polished and gorgeously illustrated effort . . . Geringer's smoothly written text constructs a version of the tale that is at once contemporarily relevant and solidly classic. --School Library Journal
"Laura Geringer brings a modern sensibility to her interpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's adaptation of the Greek myth about the origins of the seasons. She retells it as the story of a child caught between two adults who compete for her loyalty and affection. Leonid Gore's elegant and evocative paintings evoke the timeless world of myth.” —good-reads