
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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Beautiful!
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A captivating story, narrated beautifully
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thank you for such a beautiful story.
amazing book.
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Highly recommend the story and the narrator!
Fantastic, intricately woven story
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Interesting historical and enjoyable.
The female perspective
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What a gem!
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Beautiful story
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This book opens the heart and mind to Jesus the man and holy being as one. You will see through new eyes as you behold his life through a new lens.
Though fictional, you will feel the tendrils of truth woven into the fabric of this magnificent telling.
The characters will become your friends and your enemies. You will smell the earth and spikenard, the love and struggles, you will feel the pulse of this story in the beating of your heart.
This is a joy to listen to the narrators voice is perfect for the telling.
Exquisite in it’s telling.
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To give a voice to the wife of Jesus is brilliant!
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