Mestra by Madeline Miller

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From the author of the bestselling global sensations The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story

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Mestra by Madeline Miller

From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story

A cursed father, a gifted daughter

Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine.

Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger.

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?

A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, Mestra confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.

Madeline Miller is the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the novels The Song of Achilles and Circe, and the short story Galatea. Her books have been translated into forty languages. Miller studied in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms, and has an MA in Classics from Brown University.
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ISBN 13 9781037206122
ISBN 10 1037206126
Title Mestra
Author Madeline Miller
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury
Year published 2026-09-29
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.