It's Not Easy Being a Goddess: A Yellow Rose of Texas Tells the Greek Myths in Her Native Tongue
Written by Barbara McBride-Smith
Narrated by Barbara McBride-Smith
5/5
()
About this audiobook
Award-winning storyteller Barbara McBride-Smith breathes life (albeit a wizened Texan version) into the old Greek myths. With her incurable Texas drawl, she spins the Greek myths as you've never heard them before, rendering them 99% more fun while retaining 100% of their original insights into the crooked ways of the human heart and the no less crooked ways of the ancient Greek gods.
According to the Greeks, she was the first woman created. Her finest gift from Zeus was curiosity. Her most precious gift to mankind was hope.
Demeter, the goddess of growing things, tells how her daughter was kidnapped by Hades, the god of the underworld. Because of Demeter's power over nature, Hades is forced to return Persephone to her mother, but only for half of each year.
Paris, a Trojan prince predicted to be Least Likely to Succeed by an oracle, judges a beauty contest and decides who is the fairest of three goddesses: Hera, Athena, or Aphrodite. In the end, he discovers what baaad could happen!
When Athena's temple is defiled, she takes her revenge on Medusa, a beautiful young woman, and turns her into the ugliest monster in Greek mythology.
©1998 Barbara Mcbride-Smith; (P)2005 August House Publishers, Inc.
More audiobooks from Barbara Mc Bride Smith
Good Old Boys and the Women Who Love Them: Timeless Tales for Today's Women Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Button Box Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to It's Not Easy Being a Goddess
Related audiobooks
Eros and Psyche Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Inconvenient Goddess: A Katie Reynolds Adventure Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Way of Inanna: A Heroine's Guide to Living Unapologetically Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kamala Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOnce…: Tales, Myths and Legends of Faerie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Up To No Good Club: Defining Your Life With Strength & Swagger Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Become a Mermaid: Embodying the Elemental Energy of Water Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cat Call: Reclaiming the Feral Feminine (An Untamed History of the Cat Archetype in Myth and Magic) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Faerie Code Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Reclaiming Aphrodite: The Journey to Sexual Wholeness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Calling On The Spirit Of Artemis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shards of a Broken Mystery: Restoring Hekate and our Divine Feminine Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Apollo and Artemis: The Origins and History of the Twin Deities in Ancient Greek Mythology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ego Machine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Venus and Her Lover: Volume 2: Transforming Myth, Sexuality, and Ourselves Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAphrodite: Captivating Greek Myths and Facts Involving the Olympian Goddess of Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Celtic Fairy Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mermaid Manifesto Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCassandra Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Baba Yaga Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Your Inner Goddess Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLighting the Forbidden Lamp: A Woman's Journey to the Self - the Myth of Eros & Psyche Retold Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The God of the Witches Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Medea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Living Alone Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRabbit in the Moon: A Memoir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5History of Reynard the Fox Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShort Stories: Crimes, Cults and Curious Cats Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
General Fiction For You
The Duke and I Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Idea of You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Court of Thorns and Roses Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Ends with Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Court of Mist and Fury Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Court of Wings and Ruin Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If He Had Been with Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/511/22/63: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Omens: A Full Cast Production Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Court of Frost and Starlight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Outsider: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Sematary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Norse Mythology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fight Club Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Two Towers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Return of the King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Five Years: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for It's Not Easy Being a Goddess
3 ratings0 reviews