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Persephone Abbott

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Monterey, The United States

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Persephone Abbott lives in Amsterdam. She is the author of Idle Opportunities and Ein rasch gesponnenes netz. In 2024 she re-released her father's 1985 comic novel Mordecai of Monterey.

In an epic trip in the summer of 2024, Persephone blogged about her father's missing archival materials and retracing the family trauma that she experienced. The blog can be found at: www.persephoneabbott.com

Persephone is delighted that one of her poems was selected for the 2025 publication Unique Minds, An Anthology of Art, Poems and Stories by Austitic Creatives. The publication is edited by Rosemarie Cawkwell (of Faraway, Unique Minds in the UK) and is funded by the Amazon Literary Partnership. Persephone learned in 2023 that she has autism, a late diagn ...more

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	Ein rasch gesponnenes Netz 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idle Opportunities: A Novel 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bee's Tour of Gouda, Buzzing Through Vinita's Lens by Persephone Abbott (Goodreads Author), Vinita Salomé (Photographer), Kathy Nida (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idle Opportunities it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mordecai of Monterey: by Keith Kumasen Abbott & retold by Persephone Abbott by Keith Kumasen Abbott, Persephone Abbott (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I laughed everytime I picked up the book! As one reader said: I recently came across your book Idle Opportunities on Amazon and I was immediately charmed by the story. The way you follow Cynthia as she navigates the highs and lows of opera school and ...more
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“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.”
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“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”
― Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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