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Naamah sarah blake6/5/2023 Sarah Blake’s background as a poet is evident.Her prose is lush but stark, weaving in plenty of lyricism, but make no mistake, NAMMAH is fiercely told with a strong narrative. She’s a wife, a mother, a mother-in-law, a lover, a caretaker, and she has worries– struggles on what it means to be a woman, faith, her purpose, and so much more. In the Bible, she is unnamed, but in Sarah Blake’s hands, she is truly actualized. NAAMAH (Riverhead, April 9th) is a stunning foray into one of the oldest and most well-known Bible stories–that of Noah and the Ark, but this telling is from the POV of Noah’s wife, Naamah. THIS BOOK!! I am in awe.I can’t stop thinking about it. Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by THE RUMPUS, THE WEEK, READ IT FORWARD, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, and more ….And Blake is named one of BOOKPAGE’S FIFTEEN WOMEN TO WATCH IN 2019 Teeming with allegory, metaphor, and more. Exquisitely rendered, astonishing read about the mother of all great disasters–the Great Flood–NAAMAH is as gorgeous as it is frightening.
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