About the author:
K. Ford K. became a storyteller by accident. It all began in Mexico where she attended university and learned to accept the supernatural as a normal part of life. From the revered opinions of the local witch, to the preparation of meals for dead grandmothers, she learned to see the world through a surrealist's eyes and came to understand that things are not always what they seem.
Later, on her way to attend a university in France, she traveled to Morocco. Stopping at a marketplace in Marrakesh and while eating her lunch of dates and oranges, she watched a tattered beggar transform himself into a storyteller. He moved with the practiced gestures and fantastic expressions of his trade, surrounded by a growing circle of people who listened to him with eyes wide open, their own lives forgotten. In another culture, at another time he might have been a rich man, but here he was selling beautiful tales for coins in the dusty marketplace. She longed to be like him, this mendicant from Marrakesh.
Years later, she moved to Tokyo to teach and write articles for The Tokyo Weekender Magazine. Every day she traveled the crowded trains, sharing space and breath with millions of strangers. There amid the crushing humanity, she watched the surreal combinations of east and west in language and life, the painful and beautiful growth that occurs when two cultures collide. She witnessed two public suicides, and felt firsthand not only the temporality of life but also the beauty of a single moment.
The time spent crushed between strangers, doors and windows of the train became a quiet meditative place wherenshe learned to accept life and death. There on that Tokyo train, she began to write novels in her head, while that tattered beggar from Marrakesh, who had captivated her years before, whispered in her ear like a nagging dead man, "Tell me a story."
History has never been so much fun to read and live! In this book, romance, and history mingle to create a myriad of sensory overload. The Bible doesn't talk about a lot of things, including wives of prominent men. Told from the view point of Hessa, we get a glimpse (even if fiction) into the world of that time period. What you thought you knew is changed.
The author took great time to describe how things were in this time. Everything from rituals to baths are explained with great detail. If you aren't wanting a bit of a history lesson, this book isn't for you! However, this story is for everyone out there who believes in love!
Hessa, who is a Greek merchant's daughter, tells the story. She has a unique gift of seeing things about you by only touching you. Could you marry a man, knowing that you will have no future for yourself? You will forever be known as "The Wife of John the Baptist." You will not think of this man's life the same way after reading this!
A compelling book, and intriguing content. You could easily read this in one sitting.
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Reviewed by Steph
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