Goddess of Yesterday

De: Caroline B. Cooney

Narrado por: Christina Moore

Spirited and pretty, Anaxandra is playmate to King Nicandor’s crippled daughter, Callisto, until pirates attack Nicandor’s small Greek island kingdom and slay everyone except Anaxandra. When Sparta’s King Menalaus comes to investigate, Anaxandra assumes the identity of Princess Callisto to avoid becoming a slave. But Menalaus’ beautiful half-goddess wife, Helen, doubts the girl’s story. Worse, Helen is about to join forces with Trojan prince Paris. Now Anaxandra must reinvent herself in a desperate attempt to prevent war.

©2002 Caroline B. Cooney (P)2003 Recorded Books

love it

I loved reading this book also listening to the audible book. I recommend this store story to another.

An Exploration of Greek Legends

This is a family favorite for many years, it's a riveting and unique petspective of classic Greek Mythology.

glad to find this book again

I read this when I was young and going down memory lane was overjoyed when I found it again. beautiful read.

Wonderful historical story

The main character is courageous and intuitive. The story is tragic but riveting. I only wish there was a sequel.

this is my favorite book ever!

I'm so glad audible has this book, I've been searching store to store! amazing book!!!

One Girl's Courage in the Era of Myth and Antiquity

I generally enjoy fiction that places real characters within a mythological framework. This novel is definitely an adventure, but the violence and traumatic events left me feeling disturbed and hopeless -- despite the potential promise of the very last five minutes. As a child I believed that humanity in general was capable of evolving beyond self-interest, greed, and horrific violence, but unfortunately the longer I live and the more I learn, I think compassion, foresight, generosity, and resourcefulness are increasingly rare characteristics (with eight billion people on Earth). While I admired the protagonist's spirited persistence, her life losses felt almost unbearable...much too real in our current culture of obsessive selfishness and endless violence. I almost quit listening; but hung on until the little bit of light at the very end.