Mary Rakow: 2 books

**“Rakow’s latest novel brims with wildly imagined Bible stories, into which she infused new layers of mystery and mysticism, ambiguity and wonder.” —**O, The Oprah Magazine A woman sits in prayerful meditation, waiting to offer her first confession in more than thirty years. She holds...

“A California woman fights to recover from resurfaced memories of childhood abuse . . . powerfully imagined and profoundly insightful.” —Kirkus Reviews The novel opens with Barbara, who, after remembering incidents of torture at the hands of her father, has quite literally broken down....