Persephone Under the Earth

In this ancient mother-daugher tale, Suzanne Banay Santo takes us through a deeply sensual journey of "love, loss and redemption that lies at the heart of wisdom keepers." With vivid, fulsome images we enter into the intimate lives of Demeter and Persephone, their home blessed with the fruits of the earth, music, and the familial relationship until Persephone is taken to the underworld by Hades. In her grieving over the loss, the gardens wither, the fields die, the honeybees fall silent, but with the aid of the Bone Mother and her own deep wisdom, Demeter comes to an understanding about the impermanence of life and the sure knowledge her daughter will return to her once more. With this we glimpse the timelessness of love and the bonds that sustain, nurture and enrich our lives.