
Ana is filled with longing, believing she has fallen in love with him. The two begin meeting here and talking in secret. One day, while searching for a place to hide her scrolls, she encounters him in the hills. Though Ana attempts to make peace with her fate, she cannot stop thinking about the young mysterious man, Jesus, she saw in the marketplace. In the bowl, Ana records her hopes to become a powerful voice, and to be seen and remembered for generations to come. She gives her an incantation bowl, and tells her to write her prayers inside. Her aunt, Yaltha, however, suggests that she turn to herself for truth and understanding instead. Desperate to escape the marriage, Ana prays tirelessly for God to release her. Her work, however, is intercepted as soon as her parents arrange her betrothal to an undesirable widower, Nathaniel ben Hananiah. She hides these writings from her mother, Hadar, fearing her wrath. After discovering that she had never been taught the women's stories in the Scriptures, she decided to become the chronicler of forgotten stories. In "Sepphoris 16 - 17 CE," 14-year-old Ana begins devoting herself to a life of reading and writing. Each section is divided into smaller untitled chapters.

Sue Monk Kidd's The Book of Longings is told from Ana's first person point of view and divided into five overarching sections.

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