The next installment of Pat Barker’s Women of Troy series maintains her streak of incredibly nuanced and winning retellings of classical myth. This time, she’s telling the story of Cassandra and Clytemnestra mostly through the POV of Ritsa, an enslaved Troy survivor. As always, Barker’s writing is spectacular, and her portrayal of women of mythology is fully-faceted. A surefire hit for Madeline Miller fans!
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker, (List Price: $29, Doubleday, 9780385549110, December 2024)
Reviewed by Chelsea Bauer, Union Avenue Books in Knoxville, Tennessee