When I was young, my mother used to tell me the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone at bedtime. Now that I am a mother myself, the story has come to haunt me in more ways than one ...

“‘Persephone, in its most elemental state, is about trying to grow up and find her way. Like most teenagers,” he said. In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest ...