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McLaren, Clemence

Waiting for Odysseus

149 pp. | Atheneum | March, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-689-82875-6 $$16.00
(4) YA Although the title suggests that this story belongs to Odysseus's wife Penelope, who waited twenty years for the warrior-king to return from the Trojan War, the novel actually retells portions of his adventures through the eyes of four women--Penelope, Circe, Athena, and Eurycleia (his old nursemaid). Girls drawn in by the female point of view may ultimately be disappointed that the entire story still revolves around Odysseus.
Reviewer: Anne St. John

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