The Book of Longings

From the author of the international bestseller THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

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Pub Date 21 Apr 2020 | Archive Date 13 May 2020
Headline | Tinder Press

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'I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.'

So begins the exquisitely written new novel from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.

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.

'I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.'

So begins the exquisitely written new novel from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.

Ana is a...


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ISBN 9781472232496
PRICE £20.00 (GBP)
PAGES 352

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