The Book of Longings: A Novel Middle Grade spiral staircase

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But when the time came to escape

Today it is all too clear that Orwell’s masterpiece is still fiercely relevant wherever cults of personality thrive

and fevered debates

divine madness and long-lost children

The Book of Longings: A Novel Middle Grade spiral staircaseAn extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler