This book discussion is sponsored by our Hadassah discussion group.About The Book of V.: A Novel by Anna Solomon
(Available via paperback, hardback, kindle, Audible audiobook, CD)From the Publisher:
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 she’s 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 life—along with the lives of others.
Esther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia, where she and her uncle’s 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 women’s lives have and have not changed over thousands of years.
Discussion Details
Join us by Zoom for an engaging discussion of Anna Solomon's book The Book of V: A Novel.
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email Ed, Susan, or bethshalomauburn@gmail.com for the password
Meeting ID: (to type into Zoom if the link isn’t working): 974 051 878
email Ed, Susan, or bethshalomauburn@gmail.com for the password
Meeting ID: (to type into Zoom if the link isn’t working): 974 051 878
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