The Book Of Longings Catholic Review. It wasn’t one where i was flipping through pages, anxiously reading on. The book of longings by sue monk kidd my rating:
Much of the early drama of “the book of longings” involves ana’s inevitable conflicts with her parents as they struggle to find someone to marry their scandalous daughter. In her fourth novel, the book of longings, sue monk kidd embellishes the gospel story of christ by giving jesus a wife named ana.but her book, just out in paperback, should not. Don't deny yourself reading this based on a preposterous notion of sacrilege.
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It is a triumph of storytelling both timely and timeless, from a masterful writer at. As someone who grew up in the church, went to a catholic school during my formative years, and continued to go to church all the way up through my junior year of college, i couldn’t help but relate this book to my own feelings about jesus and. Sue monk kidd's 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 that were found near the town of nag hammadi, egypt, in 1945. It could have used an editor’s touch, but the book itself was definitely insightful, regardless of what political standing you fall into.