TY  - BOOK
AU  - Solomon,Anna
TI  - The book of V.: a novel 
SN  - 9781250257017
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt and Company
KW  - Esther,
KW  - Legislators' spouses
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Iran
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Bible fiction
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - Novels
N2  - "Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment, she's grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife. Vivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in Watergate-era Washington D.C. But one night he demands a humiliating favor, and her refusal to obey changes the course of her life - along with the lives of others. Esther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia, where she and her uncle's tribe live a tenuous existence outside the palace walls. When an innocent mistake results in devastating consequences for her people, she is offered up as a sacrifice to please the king, in the hopes that she will save them all.."--
ER  -