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The Book of Longings

by Sue Monk Kidd - £8.99  Headline Publishing Group (2021)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781472232519 | ISBN 10: 1472232518

The New York Times Bestseller.
 
An inspiring story set in the first century AD about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.
 
Ana is born in Galilee at a time when women are seen as possessions, only leaving their fathers' homes to marry. Ana longs to control her destiny.
 
Taught to read despite her mother's misgivings, she wants to be a writer and to find her own voice. A voice that will speak for the silenced women around her. Betrothed to an elderly widower, Ana almost despairs.
 
But an encounter with a charismatic young carpenter in Nazareth awakens new longings in her, and a different future opens up. Yet this is not a simple love story. Ana's journey will bring both joy and tragedy, but it will also be enriched by the female friendships she makes along the way.
 
The Book of Longings is an exquisite tale of dreams and desire, and of the power of women to change the world.

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