Fast-paced and propulsive, Rachel Lyon’s Fruit of the Dead landed in our hands last year and immediately joined the ranks of our best of 2024 lists. A modern retelling of the Persephone and Demeter myth, Fruit of the Dead is a sweaty novel filled with drama, drugs, and one mother’s desperation to reach her only child. It’s fantastic and now has a floppier spine and gorgeous new look. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, we hope you’ll run out and snag the paperback, which releases on February 4th.
Pop a warm coat on because we’re headed to Western Massachusetts to sit down with Rachel Lyon to discuss her process, what she’s reading, and snag that playlist she made for what’s going to be your favorite Greek retelling.