Listening / Mestra
- Written by
- Madeline Miller
- Read by
- Georgina Campbell
- Length
- 1 hr 5 min
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Released
- 2026-09-29
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What it is
Read by Georgina Campbell
A brilliant new short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Madeline Miller—her first new work of fiction since the publication of Circe—that vibrantly reimagines the powerful and forgotten myth of Mestra.
A cursed father, a gifted daughter
Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is granted a unique gift by Poseidon: The ability to transform herself into any being she can imagine.
Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger. Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: Will she keep helping her father survive or finally break free?
A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, and her first new work of fiction since the publication of Circe, Mestra confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.
On the charts
Last charted September 8, 2026. Its best position was 8 on Coming soon, reached September 8, 2026.
| Chart | Best | Days | Last seen |
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| Coming soon | 8 | 1 day | September 8, 2026 |
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