MELIKOS PUBLISHING
Searching for Persephone
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Self-doubting twenty-four-year-old Violet is shaken to the core by the sudden loss of her best friend Persephone. Hoping to draw her out of a deep depression, her mother sends her to Crete, the Greek island she herself fled as a teenager. As Violet slowly heals, she strikes up an unexpected romance and begins to make plans for the future. But when the pandemic arrives, her world is once again dismantled.
Searching for Persephone is a story of self-discovery and redemption in the midst of loss and defeat. Drawing on Greek myths, fairy folklore and quantum physics, the book explores themes of healing, cultural and personal identity, and the nature of perception and reality.
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Cover photo ©2022 Lichon Photography
The debut novel by S.M. Perkins Carr
"A highly recommended read. As an immigrant, there were places within the novel that made me cry..."
-Whistler Independent Book Awards
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Why Greece?
S.M. Perkins Carr often finds inspiration in Greek culture. Its landscape, myths, history, the filoxenia she's experienced, and of course, the incomparable food, all function as muses. Through visits, talking with locals and ongoing learning and reading, she hopes to portray a nuanced and sensitive view of the country and its people.
About Melikos Publishing
Melikos Publishing was founded in 2022 by Shannon Perkins Carr, in order to publish her debut novel, Searching for Persephone. We then expanded into publishing sheet music and we have a second novel on the way! Stay tuned for updates.
About S.M. Perkins Carr
S.M. Perkins Carr is an author, poet, and certified music therapist. An experienced songwriter who often dabbled in poetry, she began writing in earnest in 2021 when she wrote her first novel, Searching for Persephone. In 2022, she founded Melikos Publishing in order to self-publish her work. Since then, she’s been published in Island Writer and by Filidh Publishing, and was longlisted for the 2023 Van Isle Poetry Collective’s contest.
Originally from North Vancouver, she studied composition and guitar at UBC, and went on to complete an MA in music therapy at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. She lived in the UK for ten years, working as a music therapist and charity administrator. In 2019, she returned to Canada’s west coast, settling in Victoria. She currently runs Connecting Through Music, offering music therapy and adapted guitar lessons.
Perkins Carr's background in both music and psychology informs her writing. She is interested in people, relationships and connections, as well as the melody, tempo and cadence of language.
