That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon… She condemns herself to a life of solitude in the shadows to limit her murderous range. Appalled by her own reflection, Medusa can no longer look upon anything she loves without destroying it. Her punishment is to be turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair, and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone. When desire pushes a God to commit the unforgivable, Medusa’s mortal life is changed forever. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Published in 2022, Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes tells the story of Medusa, the only mortal in a family of gods. And how she was never really a monster at all.” “This is the story of how a young woman became a monster.
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