The book of longings / Sue Monk Kidd.
"In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in her furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything. Their marriage evolves with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, and their mother, Mary. Ana's pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to Rome's occupation of Israel, partially led by her brother, Judas. She is sustained by her fearless aunt Yaltha, who harbors a compelling secret. When Ana commits a brazen act that puts her in peril, she flees to Alexandria, where startling revelations and greater dangers unfold, and she finds refuge in unexpected surroundings. Ana determines her fate during a stunning convergence of events considered among the most impactful in human history"--Web page.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593285961
- ISBN: 0593285964
- Physical Description: 564 pages (large print) : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2020]
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Subject: | Women authors > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Large type books. Feminism > Fiction. Courage > Fiction. Jesus Christ > Family > Fiction. Palestine > History > To 70 A.D. > Fiction. |
Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |
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