The Book of Eve: A beguiling historical feminist tale – inspired by the undeciphered Voynich manuscript

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As I read of the man and woman talking and walking and resting in the Garden of Eden with God, it made me want to be there too. I wanted to experience it and see it for myself. The author brought an indescribably perfect place to life for me. He presented the idea that each individual has a guardian angel. I am not sure if I believe we do actually have our own guardian angel but the idea is very appealing. The angels eventually presented themselves to their human and they talked. That was mindblowing for me. This book caused me to think deeply about my own brokenness. Pulling himself up, he brushed off the sand before helping Eve to her feet. She gracefully accepted his hand, though it wasn’t needed. Coarse white hair formed a woven crown around her face, lined and creased by countless years, a masterpiece of sculpted joy and sorrow. She glowed more like a child than a matriarch, her mahogany eyes lit by expectancy.

When Young finally reaches the points he has to make… well, he fails to make them. I think I know what he was trying to say, but I can only assume because he never really says it, rather focusing on a retelling of the Creation story. Eve was immeasurably useful to me in my life-long quest to understand my own body. I highly recommend it to anyone who is on the same journey.” Perfect for a trivia night or a long trip, #TrainTeasers will both test your knowledge of this country`s rail system and enlighten you on the most colourful aspects of its long history. Meet trunk murderers, trainspotters, haters of railways, railway writers, Ministers for Transport good and bad, railway cats, dogs and a railway penguin. This is NOT a book for number-crunching nerds. Many of the answers are guessable by the intelligent reader. It is a quiz, yes, but also a cavalcade of historical incident and colour relating to a system that was the making of modern Britain. I would have liked to see more of the book, but I felt the main focus was on the sisters and their reactions. The book had a ripple effect and some of the effects were deadly. This Historical Fiction is well written, the pacing is slow but it adds to the mystery and creates tension. The empowering sense of friendship and sisterhood that developments between our Fiercely determined protagonist and the women at the convent was wonderfully wrought and really highlighted the complexities and challenges faced by women in a male dominated (and religiously patriarchal) society.

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The Book of Eve by Meg Clothier is a well written feminist tale set in Italy during the Renaissance period and readers without any knowledge of the Voynich manuscript will enjoy this immensely. Eve opens a refreshing conversation about the equality of men and women within the context of our beginnings, helping us see each other as our Creator does--complete, unique, and not constrained to cultural rules or limitations. The Book of Eve by Meg Clothier is set in Renaissance Florence, where Sister Beatrice is the librarian in a convent. Beatrice feels safe in her library with her prayerbooks and scrolls until the arrival of two women desperately seeking sanctuary one night changes things at the convent irreparably. One of the women hands Beatrice a book, and Beatrice realises this is no ordinary book when men come looking for the women.

Scientific research is on the cusp of being able to grow babies outside human bodies, from machines, for the very first time. Claire Horn takes us on a truly radical and urgent deep dive into the most challenging and pertinent questions of our age. Could artificial wombs allow women to redistribute the work of gestating? How do we protect reproductive and abortion rights? And who exactly gets access to this technology, in our vastly unequal world? The Scavengers have been calling for you for longer than an hour, and since you are the only Collector within a hundred miles . . .” The narrator, Amalia Vitale was marvellous, by the way. Pitch-perfect, flawless delivery. I'll listen to anything she voices! Additional review star added for her contribution. Another challenging book for me to review. There are some things about it which are extremely well done. I can fully appreciate the quality of the prose which flows nicely and is very easy to read whilst at the same time being expressive and poetic in places. There is a clever sense of ambiguity about the setting. We are in a convent. The time period and place is never fully defined. There is a strong undertone of magical realism flowing through the text. The implicit criticism of patriarchy within religion was mostly well crafted. At the same time, I found myself struggling to connect with it. El libro nos transporta a un convento en la Italia medieval en donde aparecen dos extranjeras heridas que portan un libro. Por diferentes motivos este libro, en apariencia vacío y sin utilidad ninguna, acaba en manos de la bibliotecaria que, sin remedio, se verá intrigada por las imágenes que comienzan a aparecer. Sin embargo, todo empieza a truncarse cuando aparece un hombre del Padre que busca a las dos mujeres y el libro.

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Admittedly, the first few chapters of this book were difficult for me to follow. You are dropped in a place where you are not quite sure where you are and who you are with. It took me a while to get my bearings in this story but once I did, it was an interesting journey. A smart, funny, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman’s body, Eve surprises, educates, and emboldens. Who runs the world? Girls!” Pero bueno, no todo ha sido malo. Es un libro que se lee rápido, sin complicaciones (más allá de que si se te hace aburrido como a mí, algunas partes se hacen durillas). Creo que es una aproximación interesante a la vida en los conventos de clausura en la época medieval, conocer algo del día a día en estos espacios, sus rutinas, creencias… y también las injusticias que sufrían muchas mujeres, porque no siempre se convertían en novicias por decisión propia. También una visión interesante de los conventos y la clausura como algo que aportaba tranquilidad y libertad a las mujeres (dentro de unos límites) contraponiéndola a los abusos de poder a las que se veían subyugadas por parte de otros religiosos con una mayor categoría otorgada, principalmente, por su condición de hombres. Lo dicho, que ojalá me hubiera gustado porque siempre es interesante leer historias con enfoques feministas, que colocan el centro en la vida de mujeres, pero como novela se me quedó a medias. I hope that readers do not get confused with this book in that it is a novel and not a perfect, factual history. It will certainly open up a lot of discussion about this story and who God is and how did we get to the point where we are today. The book does not leave one begging to discuss ideas with others, because it leaves you confused rather than fascinated.

The Binding meets The Handmaid's Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia and historical feminist fiction.Some of the characters are connected (loosely) to Bible characters. But I could never figure out what they were doing in the story except for the author to be a name dropper. John?” Without looking, he knew she was grinning. Ancient and powerful, this woman radiated the contagious joy of a child. With one arm she pulled him to her, kissing the top of his head.