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The Book Of Longings By Sue Monk Kidd

The Book of Longings was my May book of the month choice and after reading the little description I knew I had to read it.

. Caitlin Hicks is an author playwright. It was the most beautiful wicked blasphemy Id ever heard. There are some stunning twists and turns in this novel that I.

The protagonist is Ana a spirited forward thinking young woman living in a time and place of. The premise of the book is historical fiction that not. I called him Beloved and he laughing called me Little Thunder With these opening words Sue Monk Kidd.

He is not the main character. This is a newly released book from the same author as Secret Life of Bees which I read in 2020 also and LOVED. Theres an exuberance to Ana that vibrates off every page and that is a testament to Kidds.

Its almost as if the story of Jesus jumped off the pages of the Bible and became more vibrant and almost tangible. However the book is not really about Jesus and his life. Sue Monk Kidds novel The Book of Longings was in part inspired by a work entitled The Thunder Perfect Mind Narrated by a female divinity the poem is one of over 50 ancient texts.

By Mary Ann Gwinn Special to Newsday May 1 2020. Circes fascination with mortals becomes the books marrow and delivers its thrilling ending. The main character Ana was hard to believe.

Book Review The Book Of Longings Written By Cindy Dineen Sue Monk Kidds latest novel The Book of Longings is one to savor inviting the reader into a biblical world. There was little to like. All the while the supernatural sits intriguingly alongside the tonic of ordinary.

Instead its an exploration of a triumphant fierce spirit and the stories she aches to tell. I write this review not quite halfway through my first. This book was difficult to read.

Reviewed in the United States on April 27 2020 Verified Purchase How disappointing. The Book of Longings is well named well inspired and well imagineda superlative effort from a writer at the top of her game. I could not sleep that night for the ecstasy of it.

THE BOOK OF LONGINGS by Sue Monk Kidd Viking 429 pp 28 Theres a lot we dont know about the life of Jesus.

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