Story of Homer Simpson perhaps abandoning son and daughter on island (5)
I believe the answer is:
iliad
'story of homer simpson' is the definition.
'iliad' can be an answer for 'story' (I have seen 'Old story' mean 'iliad' so perhaps 'story' could also mean 'iliad'). I'm unsure of the 'of homer simpson' bit.
'abandoning son and daughter on island' is the wordplay.
'abandoning son' becomes 'lia' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'lia' next to 'd' is 'liad'.
'liad' put after 'i' is 'ILIAD'.
'perhaps' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for iliad that I've seen before include "The -----, Homeric epic" , "Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy" , "long story" , "Homer's ancient Greek epic" , "A work by 7" .)