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The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

The Book of Longings

by Sue Monk Kidd
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  • Apr 21, 2020, 432 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Mar 2021, 448 pages
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Back in my room I robed myself in a clean tunic. I gathered the incantation bowl and my writing implements and lit the oil lamps. Day was breaking. A blurred blue light filled the room. My heart was a goblet running over.

Excerpted from The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. Copyright © 2020 by Sue Monk Kidd. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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