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1939. The lights are dimming across America. In the gathering shadow between the Great Depression and a looming world war, a small theatrical company travels through a painted landscape of desire and dreams, powered by the performative ambition of one woman—the enigmatic Margaret Darwin.
In this fateful final season of the company’s life, a new cast member introduces a potentially fatal complication of longing, hope, and imagination. On stage and off, alliances will form and fray, the past will resurface, and performance will merge with reality.
Persephone’s Torch is a richly textured ensemble novel about the weight of history, the complicated flame of creation, and the fading glimmer of hope at the end of time.
PERSEPHONE’S TORCH: A Novel in Three Acts
In this fateful final season of the company’s life, a new cast member introduces a potentially fatal complication of longing, hope, and imagination. On stage and off, alliances will form and fray, the past will resurface, and performance will merge with reality.
Persephone’s Torch is a richly textured ensemble novel about the weight of history, the complicated flame of creation, and the fading glimmer of hope at the end of time.
PERSEPHONE’S TORCH: A Novel in Three Acts