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Gallery Books, May 2010
Trade Paperback, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1416599134
ISBN-13: 9781416599135
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UNFORGETTABLE DEBUT NOVEL IS A RICHLY EVOCATIVE AND BOUNDLESS LOVE STORY THAT REVERBERATES FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE MODERN WORLD. Brilliant archaeologist Page Brookstone has toiled at Israel’s storied battlegrounds of Megiddo for twelve years, yet none of the ancient remnants she has unearthed deliver the life-altering message she craves. Which is why she risks her professional reputation when a young Arab couple begs her to excavate beneath their home. Ibrahim and Naima Barakat claim the spirits of two lovers overwhelm everyone who enters with love and desire. As Page digs, she makes a miraculous discovery—the bones of the deeply troubled prophet Jeremiah locked in an eternal embrace with a mysterious woman. Buried with the entwined skeletons is a collection of scrolls that challenge centuries-old interpretations of the prophet’s story and create a worldwide fervor. Caught in a forbidden romance of her own, and under siege from religious zealots and relentless critics, Page endangers her life to share the lovers’ story with the world. But in doing so, she discovers she must let go of her own painful past. Called a “zesty debut” by Kirkus Reviews, Zoë Klein’s historically rich novel is a lyrical and unexpected journey as poignant and thought-provoking as the beloved bestsellers The Red Tent and People of the Book.
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How did you come to write this book?
I have had this story in me for a long time. Long before I was ordained, married, or had children. I remember standing by my father’s drawing board and telling him for the first time the story I had in mind. The story has been richly layered over the years with insights from experience, but the core is the same that was always in me, like a recurring dream. It started with the character Anatiya, which developed over a couple of years while I was in Seminary and serving a congregation in
"Lyrical, transformative, and unexpected, Drawing will keep you enthralled in the moment, yet racing to know more."
-- Gina B. Nahai, NYT bestselling author of Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
"Archaeology is the most dangerous of sciences, fundamentalism the most insidious of religious beliefs, and fiction the most seductive form of writing. Mix all three together, and you have Drawing in the Dust.... Zoe Klein will rock your foundations! This is what fiction should be about."
-- Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, NYT bestselling authors of The Betrayal
"A magically inventive archaeological expedition into love's psyche. Rabbi Klein's voice is enormously literate, politically sophisticated, spiritually captivating, and above all, unique."
-- Lawrence Kushner, author of Kabbalah : A Love Story
"Drawing in the Dust is original in every sense of the word: creative, innovative, novel. It is an archaeological adventure that resurrects buried romance. With feeling intellect, the author reveals the secret of the heart."
-- Rabbi Harold Schulweis, Author of Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey
Missoulian, May 2, 2010
...the Main Street building or branches at Frenchtown, Seeley Lake and Swan Valley. We have it: Staff reviews “Drawing in the Dust,” by Zoe Klein. Pocket Books, 2009. Find it at: KLEIN (adult fiction) When asked: “Did you steal these?” ...
Forward, September 15, 2009
...‘Brooding’ Prophet Inspires Rabbi Zoe Klein’s Debut Novel DRAWING IN THE DUST By Zoe Klein Pocket, 368 pages, $25 Many debut novels are autobiographical, drawing upon personal experience in order to generate vivid and ...
