Kliatt, July 1st, 2002
COONEY, Caroline B. Goddess of yesterday. Random House, Delacorte 264p. maps. c2002. 0-385-72945-6. $15.95. JS
This is the most ambitious novel I have read by Cooney, known for her ever-popular works like the series that starts with The Face on the Milk Carton. In this, she mines the Trojan War characters and events, concentrating on Helen and Paris, as seen by a young girl, Anaxandra. Other major characters are those from the legend: Andromache and Hector, Menelaus, Cassandra; and the minor ones: King Priam, Agamemnon, and numerous others. One of the few made-up-by-Cooney characters is Ana...
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