The Winter Goddess: A Novel
by Megan Barnard
Buy on AmazonAoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly manifest a pantheon of Irish gods in this enchanting story of family and loss. After killing dozens with a never-ending frost, Cailleach is forced to live multiple lives to learn the responsibility of godhood. McMahon’s stunning narration reveals the fierce regality of the mother goddess Danu and the ever-growing maturity of Cailleach. While the story centers the divine, it’s really about human grief and the love that makes loss worth enduring. (9 hrs)
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"Aoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly manifest a pantheon of Irish gods in this enchanting story of family and loss. After killing dozens with a never-ending frost, Cailleach is forced to live multiple lives to learn the responsibility of godhood. McMahon’s stunning narration reveals the fierce regality of the mother goddess Danu and the ever-growing maturity of Cailleach. While the story centers the divine, it’s really about human grief and the love that makes loss worth enduring. (9 hrs)"
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