Enter the Body
Author: McCullough, Joy
ISBN: 9780593406779
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 208mm x 139mm x 29mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
In the room beneath a stage's trapdoor, Shakespeare's dead teenage girls-Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and others-compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.
"At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard's most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse gives Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia the chance to tell their own stories full of passion, justice, sisterhood, and love. Simply spectacular."-Michael L. Printz Award winnerLaura Ruby, author of Bone Gap
In the room beneath a stage's trapdoor, Shakespeare's dead teenage girls compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives, their loves, and their fates in their own words. Bestselling author Joy McCullough offers a brilliant testament tohow young women can support each other and reclaim their stories in the aftermath of trauma.
ISBN: 9780593406779
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 208mm x 139mm x 29mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
In the room beneath a stage's trapdoor, Shakespeare's dead teenage girls-Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and others-compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.
"At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard's most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse gives Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia the chance to tell their own stories full of passion, justice, sisterhood, and love. Simply spectacular."-Michael L. Printz Award winnerLaura Ruby, author of Bone Gap
In the room beneath a stage's trapdoor, Shakespeare's dead teenage girls compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives, their loves, and their fates in their own words. Bestselling author Joy McCullough offers a brilliant testament tohow young women can support each other and reclaim their stories in the aftermath of trauma.
