Hello Book Lovers,
Take this opportunity to get the most out of reading! Join a vibrant Book Club that will challenge you to read unique books, and encourage you to consider alternative perspectives.
This Book Clubber Pass will grant you access to weekly Sunday evening (5:30pm AST) Book Club on Zoom.
*THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A COPY OF THE BOOK*
I encourage you to find a copy of The Children of Jocosta by Natalie Haynes at your local library, or your favourite second-hand book store. Of course, you can find this publication new from a number of large and small booksellers.
There are limited spaces available 🥰
Yours,
Emma
November 2025 Book Pick:
The Children of Jocosta by Natalie Haynes
My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents...
Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be, unless she outlives her strange, absent husband.
Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents' tragic deaths a decade earlier, she has always longed to feel safe with the family she still has. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change.
With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motion. But not as you know it.
In The Children of Jocasta, Natalie Haynes takes a fresh perspective on an ancient story, reimagining in gripping prose how the Oedipus and Antigone stories would look if the oft-overlooked female characters took centre stage. Retelling the myth to reveal a new side of an ancient story.
Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be, unless she outlives her strange, absent husband.
Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents' tragic deaths a decade earlier, she has always longed to feel safe with the family she still has. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change.
With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motion. But not as you know it.
In The Children of Jocasta, Natalie Haynes takes a fresh perspective on an ancient story, reimagining in gripping prose how the Oedipus and Antigone stories would look if the oft-overlooked female characters took centre stage. Retelling the myth to reveal a new side of an ancient story.