![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her daily swims, however, bring her in contact with the world of the dead, supernatural beings, visions of the future she’s helping to create and even God’s voice in the body of an Egyptian vulture. Naamah’s getting restless, and she designs a system that will allow her to swim in the barely receding flood waters to allay her boredom. The novel picks up six months after the flood, leaving Naamah’s family and the animals on their ark (which God instructed Noah to build) as the only survivors. And in her debut novel, Naamah, Sarah Blake brings Noah’s titular wife to life, imagining how a woman would experience the loss and reconstruction of the world after God destroys it in an apocalyptic flood. Today, the women of the Bible are occasionally celebrated for what their perspectives can add to interpretations of Christianity. They are wives or daughters prized for their faith, brought along on men’s adventures or punished as men deserve. In many biblical stories, women live at the periphery. ![]()
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![]() The two men scared the daylights out of her, and yet, at the same time, there was something about them that made her stupid. ![]() The man sitting beside her caught her and eased her into his side so she could lean on him. She wilted into the heated seat and sagged precariously to the side. He wasn’t taking any chances she would get any crazy notions and bail out of a moving vehicle before they got to Dallas’s clinic. He climbed in beside her and tossed the keys to Cade. Merrick carried his slight bundle to the Hummer and eased her into the back seat. “I’ll make sure we have someone out to replace the broken glass.” “I’ll call Hank’s manager and have him come in and do cleanup so Hank won’t have a mess in the morning,” Cade said as he followed behind. He started for the back door where he and Cade had come in. Her entire body went rigid, but he didn’t give her an opportunity to protest. ![]() Impatient and unwilling to watch her suffer, Merrick simply reached in, curled his arms underneath her and plucked her from the cabinet. ![]() It seemed her every movement caused her pain. “I suppose they do.” He gingerly pulled a sliver of glass from one of her fingers and flung the shard away. ![]() He grimaced as he inspected the deep cuts. But then she opened them again, wide and troubled.Ĭade reached for one, being careful not to move too suddenly. She closed her eyes, and for a moment, Merrick thought she’d passed out. Cade took over then, his expression one of utter gravity. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are no exploded florals (occasionally you will see a classic Liberty print)-but you can find a restrained stripe. Colours are neutrals or semi-colours like lichen, brick, or antique pink, never primaries or neons. EF Gentlewomans up nicely by the addition of something structured in the mix.Ģ. ![]() The clothes are not Eileen Fisheresque there is more tailoring, less waft. If a woman didn't want that, well, there was Eileen Fisher, the lone department-store brand devoted to serene clothes.ġ. Upscale North American malls were stuffed with short skirts, "cute" coats, girly pastels, asssertive bright palettes. Ten or fifteen years ago, such clothes were uncommon in North America the busy, hyper-femmy look of InStyle reigned. ![]() Pared-down styling, interest without eccentricity, crisply cut but not preppy: I have always called this style "strict", but the effect is also known as "Gentlewoman Style", in euponymous reference to the British magazine. ![]() |