{"product_id":"2940169212471","title":"Naamah: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wildly imaginative novel of the reluctant heroine who rescued life on earth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the coming of the Great Flood amp;mdash; the mother of all disasters amp;mdash; only one family was spared, drifting on an endless sea, waiting for the waters to subside. We know the story of Noah, moved by divine vision to launch their escape. Now, in a work of astounding invention, acclaimed writer Sarah Blake reclaims the story of his wife, Naamah, the matriarch who kept them alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the woman torn between faith and fury, lending her strength to her sons and their wives, caring for an unruly menagerie of restless creatures, silently mourning the lover she left behind. Here is the woman escaping into the unreceded waters, where a seductive angel tempts her to join a strange and haunted world. Here is the woman tormented by dreams and questions of her own amp;mdash; questions of service and self-determination, of history and memory, of the kindness or cruelty of fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fresh and modern language, Blake revisits the story of the ark that rescued life on earth and rediscovers the agonizing burdens endured by the woman at the heart of the story. \u003ci\u003eNaamah\u003c\/i\u003e is a parable for our time: a provocative fable of body, spirit, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104375030000,"sku":"2940169212471","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169212471_p0.jpg?v=1763767643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169212471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}