![]() What he heard was my life begging to be born.” That my husband bent his heart to mine on our thin straw mat and listened was the kindness I most loved in him. All my life, longings lived inside me, rising up like noturnes to wail an sing through the night. I was the wife of Jesus ben Joseph of Nazareth. A shocking twist answers Ana’s yearnings, and her new life begins. She turns to what she knows best – her writing and her prayers. ![]() A chance meeting with a young man named Jesus makes her even more desperate for her freedom. When Ana is betrothed to a much older widower, she knows that she must do something to escape. By focusing on the humanity of Jesus and the strength of the women around him, The Book of Longings breathes new life into an age-old story.Īt a time when women were considered the property of men, Ana’s free-spirited nature is not well received. ![]() Author Sue Monk Kidd wove a narrative that is unbelievably immersive and reverential to the life and times of Jesus Christ. The Book of Longings is the fictional story of Jesus’s (Yes, that Jesus) feminist wife, Ana. ![]()
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