A Gorgon's Guide to Getting a Life

A GORGON’S GUIDE TO GETTING A LIFE is a fresh take on classic mythology that’s both hilarious and heartbreaking – and invites readers to see Medusa in a totally new light.
Sometimes your sisters won’t talk to you. And sometimes a goddess gives you snakes for hair and a lethal stare. And sometimes the only way you can face your demons is by leaving the cave you call home. . . even if the outside world is filled with idiots. Just another day in the life of a gorgon.
Fifteen years after Athena turned them into gorgons, Medusa and her sisters’ relationship has gone from inseparable to impossible. Euryale is annoyingly perfect, and Stheno has disappeared. Guilt-ridden and traumatized by the past, Medusa spends her days hiding in her cave, enduring patronizing visits from Eury, slamming a bottle of ouzo (or six), and turning wannabe heroes into stone. Fun!
But when some kid named Perseus tries to behead her to save his mother from a wicked king, Medusa sees an opportunity to take Perseus under her wing (literally), rescue his mother, and finally prove to her sister that she definitely has her life together. But the journey across Ancient Greece quickly brings fresh horrors. Screeching, topless harpies hound their every move, a hot demigod keeps trying to kill her (or worse, date her), and Medusa’s newfound crew wants to…be friends. Ugh.
This gorgon’s got a decision to make: go back to her safe, sad life or finally take off the bedazzled sunglasses and face not only gods and monsters, but her worst enemy yet – herself.
Madeline Miller meets Fleabag in A GORGON’S GUIDE TO GETTING A LIFE, a witty, irreverent and powerful reimagining of Medusa’s story from debut author Ellen Meny.