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The Book of V.

- A Novel

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A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK For fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day. Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment sheΓÇÖs grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires, while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife in 2016. Vivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in Watergate-era Washington D.C. But one night he demands a humiliating favor, and her refusal to obey changes the course of her lifeΓÇöalong with the lives of others. Esther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia, where she and her uncleΓÇÖs tribe live a tenuous existence outside the palace walls. When an innocent mistake results in devastating consequences for her people, she is offered up as a sacrifice to please the King, in the hopes that she will save them all. In Anna Solomon''s The Book of V., these three characters'' riveting stories overlap and ultimately collide, illuminating how womenΓÇÖs lives have and have not changed over thousands of years.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781250756459
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 5. maj 2020
  • Størrelse:
  • 235x156x21 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 372 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025
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A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK

For fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day.

Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment sheΓÇÖs grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires, while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife in 2016.

Vivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in Watergate-era Washington D.C. But one night he demands a humiliating favor, and her refusal to obey changes the course of her lifeΓÇöalong with the lives of others.
Esther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia, where she and her uncleΓÇÖs tribe live a tenuous existence outside the palace walls. When an innocent mistake results in devastating consequences for her people, she is offered up as a sacrifice to please the King, in the hopes that she will save them all.

In Anna Solomon''s The Book of V., these three characters'' riveting stories overlap and ultimately collide, illuminating how womenΓÇÖs lives have and have not changed over thousands of years.

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