Ariadne Format:Paperback while Sofya and her family

while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate

Fredrik Backman doesn't shy away from revealing his own false steps and fatherly flaws

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Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within

until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room

Ariadne Format:Paperback while Sofya and her familyA mesmerizing retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Perfect for fans of CIRCE, A SONG OF ACHILLES, and THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS. As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother demands blood every year. When Theseus,