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"Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, Ana is rebellious and ambitious, a relentless seeker with a brilliant, curious mind and a daring spirit. She yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Defying the expectations placed on women, she engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes secret narratives about neglected and silenced women. When she meets the eighteen-year-old...
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Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discovery of ... the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964.
"Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in...
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The bestselling author's inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace.
Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting."
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"Su vida cambia cuando conoce a Jesus, un joven rebelde que se opone pacificamente a la dominacion de Roma, que no hace milagros pero si ayuda a pobres y prostitutas y que se convierte en lider casi a su pesar. Pero lo que se cuenta aqui no se la historia que ya conocemos sino la de las mujeres en una epoca en la que la inteligencia, el ingenio y la inquietud, eran propiedad de los hombres. Una reivindicacion feminista en una novela en la que la riqueza...
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