
The Book of Longings
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Narrated by:
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Mozhan Marnò
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Sue Monk Kidd
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By:
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Sue Monk Kidd
About this listen
The New York Times Best seller
From the author of the multi-million-copy-selling The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings
An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times best-selling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.
'I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.'
In her mesmerising fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman called Ana.
Ana is a rebellious young woman, a gifted writer with a curious, brilliant mind, who writes secret narratives about the neglected and silenced women around her. Raised in a wealthy family in Galilee, she is sheltered from the brutality of Rome's occupation of Israel. Ana is expected to marry an elderly widower to further her father's ambitions, a prospect that horrifies her. A chance encounter with the 18-year-old Jesus changes everything: his ideas and his passion are intoxicating.
Taking Ana on a journey she could never have imagined, The Book of Longings is a glorious evocation of a time and a place where astounding events unfolded, and of one woman's fate when she fights to make her voice heard.
©2020 Sue Monk Kidd (P)2020 Penguin AudioCritic reviews
"Superlative.... From a writer at the top of her game.... A practically perfect historical novel." (New York Journal of Books)
"A bold, imaginative reworking." (Sunday Times)
"Brilliant.... Brava!" (The Daily Mail)
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A feminist reimagining of Biblical history
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The Book of Longings
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