![]() ![]() ![]() However, she does tell Ana about the women of Alexandria who read and write and aren’t looked down upon for it and gives her some religious practices to follow. Hated by her mother she has a close relationship with her aunt, Yaltha who her parents took in under mysterious circumstances but Yaltha is forbidden to speak of her past. Ana is born into a life of privilege as her father is a wealthy man but she has skilled more suited to a young boy of her time not limited to her love of reading and writing which her father has indulged. The novel opens in Sepphoris in 16-17 CE where we are introduced to Ana, the wife of Jesus. However, this was one of the books I picked for my Goodreads 2020 reading challenge to challenge myself. ![]() Review: The Book of Longings wasn’t initially on my radar despite the interesting synopsis as I don’t tend to read any literary fiction and I rarely read historical novels outside of YA historical. Genre: Literary Fiction/Historical/Romance ![]()
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