{"product_id":"9781937543686","title":"Kingdom of Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a slightly alternate near-future, women are forming vigilante groups to wreak vengeance on rapists, child abusers, and murderers of women. Averil Parnell, a female Catholic priest, faces a dilemma: per the Golden Rule she should advise forgiveness, but as the lone survivor of an infamous massacre of women seminarians, she understands their anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            Her life becomes more complicated when she embarks on an obsessive affair with a younger man and grapples with disturbing religious visions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            She had wanted to be a scholar, before the trauma of the massacre. Later, all she wanted was a quiet life as a parish priest. But now she finds she has become a mystic, and a central figure in the social upheaval that’s gathering momentum all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            The novel taps into a tradition of works that explore the inner lives of religious mystics (such as Mary Doria Russell’s \u003cem\u003eThe Sparrow\u003c\/em\u003e; Ron Hansen’s \u003cem\u003eMariette in Ecstasy\u003c\/em\u003e; Graham Greene’s \u003cem\u003eThe Power and the Glory\u003c\/em\u003e), but also engages broad social\/political issues, similar to wide-ranging literary epics like \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMidnight’s Children\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            \u003cem\u003eKingdom of Women \u003c\/em\u003espans decades and delves into multiple points of view, not only highlighting the personal evolution of a complex, troubled individual but also exploring larger themes like the ethical implications of the use of violence against oppression, and the tension between justice and mercy, revenge and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jaded Ibis Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154321817840,"sku":"9781937543686","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937543686_p0.jpg?v=1763662015","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937543686","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}