these three characters' riveting stories overlap and ultimately collide, illuminating how women’s lives have and have not changed over thousands of years. 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. Vee (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.īut one night he demands a humiliating favor, and her refusal to obey changes the course of her life-along with the lives of others.Įsther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia, where she and her uncle’s tribe live a tenuous existence outside the palace walls. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment she’s grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires, while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife in 2016. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. 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. The Book of V.: A Novel Audible Audiobook Unabridged Anna Solomon (Author), Dara Rosenberg (Narrator), & 3 more 1,014 ratings Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.
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