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003			OCoLC
005			20240617112837.0
008			231130t20242024vra e 000 1 eng d
010			_ajb2024020951
019			_aon1417060701
020			_a9780143776918 (paperback)
035			_a26931263
040			_aNJB _beng _cNJB _erda _dNJB
042			_aanuc
082	0	4	_aA823.4 _223
099			_aF _bFOR
100	1		_aForsyth, Kate, _d1966- _eauthor. _926589
245	1	0	_aPsykhe / _cKate Forsyth.
264		1	_a[Southbank, VIC] : _bVintage Books Australia, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2024.
300			_a329 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
520			_aIt is not wise to anger the gods ... or to fall in love with one. Psykhe has always been different. Fair as Venus, the goddess of love, and with the hard-won ability to save the lives of those of mortal blood, she is both shunned and revered. When she unwittingly provokes Venus, she and her sisters lose everything. Psykhe must find a way to make amends and support her family. Befriended by an old woman, Nokturna, Psykhe finds herself irresistibly drawn to her young friend, Ambrose. But neither is what they seem. For Psykhe has fallen in love with a man whose face she is forbidden to see. After disobeying this injunction, she must risk everything to try to save him, even if it means travelling down to the shadowy Underworld to face Proserpina, queen of the dead. The way to the realm of the dead is easy. A thrust of a sword, a sudden fall, a careless bite of toadstool, and the soul is sucked away. It is the return journey that is difficult .... The story of Psyche and Eros has been told for more than two-and-a-half thousand years. Kate Forsyth infuses it with new vigour as a life-affirming celebration of female strength, sexual desire, and empowerment.
600	0	0	_aPsyche _c(Greek deity) _vFiction. _9137015
600	0	0	_aEros _c(Greek deity) _vFiction. _9137016
650		0	_aMythology, Greek _vFiction. _9103535
650		0	_aBetrayal _vFiction. _91482
650		0	_aGods, Greek _vFiction. _919597
650		0	_aBlessing and cursing _vFiction. _93455
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction. _91232
655		7	_aMythological fiction. _2lcgft. _955907
655		7	_aFantasy fiction. _2lcgft.
945			_i31111089059776 _p$22.26
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