Many years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and Penelope is still waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return home. The city of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors from the surrounding islands who are vying to win Penelope's hand in marriage, thereby gaining control of the land. When a naked, half-drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes. . . .Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus--Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman's enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry.
(goodreads)
Mythology has always interested me, of course this includes the great story of Odysseus. How could I resist the chance to read about the lands and amazingly loyal woman he left behind.
The story was good. Strength, weakness, love, betrayal. I found this story in the young adult fiction section, but it is not a book for the young. There is quite a bit of descriptive love making and violence. Not as much as a full blown romance novel, but more than I would suggest to even the teen age. Just my opinion. I do however plan to read her first novel, Troy, because I did find the story pretty interesting.
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