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THE BOOK OF LONGINGS - SUE MONK KIDD KARTONIERT...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by O  the Oprah Magazine  Good Morning America ABC-TV 
Good Housekeeping (US) and Marie Claire (US)  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 bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings  'I am Ana. I
was the wife of Jesus.'   In her mesmerizing 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 eighteen-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.  Over 10 million readers have devoured
Sue Monk Kidd's novels. Here's why:   'A wonderful book . . . funny  sad and full of incident'
Daily Telegraph  'Wonderfully written  poignant and humorous' Joanna Trollope  'Masterly . . .
a story about empowering women to change the world . . . a remarkable novel' Chicago Tribune

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