The book of longings
(2020)

Fiction

Large Type

Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/FICTION/KIDD,S

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Large Type LARGE TYPE/FICTION/KIDD,S Available
Large Type LARGE TYPE/FICTION/KIDD,S Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2020]
EDITION
First large print edition
DESCRIPTION

564 pages (large print) ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780593285961, 0593285964 :, 0593285964, 9780593285961
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from web page

"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