{"product_id":"9781938849473","title":"After Abel and Other Stories","description":"\u003cbr\u003e“Her knowledge of the Bible is evident and her creativity shines through as she weaves nine thoughtful and layered accounts of distant, complicated times.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reminiscent of Anita Diamant’s \u003ci\u003eThe Red Tent\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . These beautifully written stories feel like meeting Eve, Lot’s wife, and many other compelling characters for the first time.” —\u003cb\u003eLAUREL CORONA\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mapmaker’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi’s Venice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stunning.” —\u003cb\u003eMOLLY ANTOPOL\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe UnAmericans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gorgeous and captivating.” —\u003cb\u003eDARA HORN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe World to Come\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Marvelous.” —\u003cb\u003eMICHELLE HUNEVEN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eOff Course\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What struck me most about these stories is their clear, assured confidence—as if Michal Lemberger had pulled apart some of the lines in the old story, spied a new story tucked in there way off in a corner, shimmied in a fishhook and pulled it out.” —\u003cb\u003eAIMEE BENDER\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color Master\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lemberger liberates the voices that are trapped beneath the [biblical] text . . . with artistry and erudition.” —\u003cb\u003eRABBI DAVID WOLPE\u003c\/b\u003e, Rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles and author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Faith Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEve considers motherhood.\u003cbr\u003eMiriam tends Moses.\u003cbr\u003eLot’s wife looks back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly reimagined with startling contemporary clarity, Michal Lemberger’s debut collection of short stories gives voice to silent, oft-marginalized biblical women: their ambitions, their love for their children, their values, their tremendous struggles and challenges. Informed by Lemberger’s deep knowledge of the Bible, each of these nine stories story recasts a biblical saga from the perspective of a pivotal woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichal Lemberger\u003c\/b\u003e’s nonfiction and journalism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, and her poetry has been published in a number of print and online journals. A story from \u003ci\u003eAfter Abel\u003c\/i\u003e, her first collection of fiction, was featured in \u003ci\u003eLilith Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Lemberger holds an MA and PhD in English from UCLA and a BA in English and religion from Barnard College. She has taught the Hebrew Bible as Literature at UCLA and the American Jewish University. She was born and raised in New York and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prospect Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051651743984,"sku":"9781938849473","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938849473_p0.jpg?v=1769897923","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938849473","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}