The Book of Longings

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Call Number: Adult BOCD / Fiction / Historical / Kidd, Sue Monk, BOCD Fiction
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Pittsfield Adult A/V 4-week checkout	Adult BOCD / Fiction / Historical / Kidd, Sue Monk	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult A/V 4-week checkout	Adult BOCD / Fiction / Historical / Kidd, Sue Monk	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult A/V 4-week checkout	Adult BOCD / Fiction / Historical / Kidd, Sue Monk	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD Fiction	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024

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Read by Mozhan Marnò ; with an author's note read by the author.
"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.

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Interesting submitted by cldaniels on June 19, 2020, 2:38pm This book provides an interesting view of Jesus as a human, a philosopher, a man, a husband, a brother,and a rebel. But Ana is the main character, who as woman, is also a philosopher , yet exists in a time and place where she must hide her thoughts. Writing stories of the women around her , though forbidden,is her way of connecting with her inner Spirit.