The End of Aphrodite
A haunting and poignant reflection on grief, spirituality, and the loving bonds that provide guidance and sustenance.
-Kirkus Reviews
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A haunting and poignant reflection on grief, spirituality, and the loving bonds that provide guidance and sustenance.
-Kirkus Reviews
In the haunting wake of a young girl's disappearance, the disparate lives of four women are woven together in an engrossing tale that spans decades. . . . Themes of desire, loss, Catholicism, and Italian Americana intersect as relationships emerge that are at once profoundly compassionate and infuriatingly human. Written with vivid lyricism and sensual prose, The End of Aphrodite is a mesmerizing read about women reclaiming their agency in a violent and patriarchal world.
-Olivia Kate Cerrone
The End of Aphrodite explores the relationship between artist and muse, between the subjects of myths and the keepers of them. This is a beautifully rendered work narrated by a collection of characters whose faith is inspired by the beauty of art, the power of the ocean, the remnants of ancient religions, and the many mutations of love. When the unimaginable occurs and those beliefs are tested, Laurette Folk challenges us all to wonder who will be charged with remembering us? What sense of adoration, or guilt, or duty, preserves in survivors the stories that need to be saved?
-Carla Panciera
With Joan, Mira, and Etta, we experience their loves, lives, and losses as they discover that lasting values do not necessarily reside in physical love but in the memory of lives fully lived. The End of Aphrodite is aptly named, a novel of darkness and light, fire and ashes.
-Vincent Panella
