Galatea: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

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In the original Greek myth, a sculptor falls in love with his ivory statue, and the goddess Aphrodite brings her to life to be his “perfect” bride. In Miller’s version, the story begins after the “happily ever after.” Galatea is no longer a silent masterpiece; she is a woman with her own desires, locked in a hospital room under constant medical supervision by her obsessive, controlling husband. He expects her to remain as cold and obedient as the stone she was carved from, but Galatea is determined to protect her daughter and secure her own freedom, regardless of the cost. It is a haunting critique of the “perfect woman” ideal and a powerful reclamation of a voiceless mythological figure.