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Fruit of the Dead | Rachel Lyon

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An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld. Camp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother in New York, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, Rolo Picazo is middle-aged, divorced, magnetic. He is also intoxicated by Cory. When Rolo proffers a childcare job (and an NDA), Cory quiets an internal warning and allows herself to be ferried to his private island. Plied with luxury and opiates manufactured by his company, she continues to tell herself she’s in charge. Her mother, Emer, head of a teetering agricultural NGO, senses otherwise. With her daughter seemingly vanished, Emer crosses land and sea to heed a cry for help she alone is convinced she hears. Alternating between the two women’s perspectives, Rachel Lyon’s Fruit of the Dead incorporates its mythic inspiration with a light touch and devastating precision. The result is a tale that explores love, control, obliteration, and America’s own late capitalist mythos. Lyon’s reinvention of Persephone and Demeter’s story makes for a haunting and ecstatic novel that vibrates with lush abandon. Readers will not soon forget it.

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Fruit of the Dead | Rachel Lyon

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I didn‘t like Lyon‘s sophomore effort as much as her debut (tagged ā¬‡ļø¸). An interesting take on Persephone/Demeter, but I found it a bit unsatisfying.

Cory is a washed up prep school grad working at a summer camp when a father of one of the kids sweeps her up to be their nanny. She signs an NDA and is whisked to a private island where she frequently takes drugs and discovers unsettling feelings about the dad. Meanwhile, her mom searches for her.

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Megabooks Her debut, which I loved

Self-Portrait with Boy: A Novel

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BarbaraBB Thanks for tagging! I loved her debut too and didn‘t know she wrote a new one. Should I read it? What do you think? 1mo

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I think you may like it more than I did. It‘s worth a shot! 1mo

BarbaraBB Thanks for the heads up! Stacking! 1mo

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Fruit of the Dead | Rachel Lyon

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This is a dual POV book from both Cory's and Emer's perspectives and what a story it is. You have the power struggle between mother and daughter coinciding with the temptation that Rolo offers. This dynamic makes for great storytelling and character development, paying homage to the original myth. This book also delves into sex, addiction, exploitation, and other more modern issues setting this firmly in current times.

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