“ Do not expect a literal re-telling of the Persephone myth, with the heroine spending six months for eternity in the underworld and six on earth. Instead it is a tale where the deceased Persephone guides her best friend and her widowed husband to a new beginning for both them and her little boy Sam. It is a story of hope and renewal, with beautiful language and touching characterizations. Persephone may never return to the land of the living, but Ellen and Laurence will carry on. If only, that is, Persephone can get her comically annoying mother out of the way. ”