Tell a friend about this book...
Friend's Email:
Subject: I have found a book that I think you would enjoy
Member $avings: $16,041,905.92
|
Books Available: 4,135,623
|
Members Online: 460
Your source for swapping books online - Read...Swap...Save!
How To Swap Books?
Sign Up
Search 
Kiosk
All Books
Book Browser
Advanced Search
Books Posted Today
Member Book Reviews
NYT Best Seller List
Newbery Medal Winners
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Most Traveled Copies
Club Wish List
Login
Community
Member Directory
Discussion Forums
Blog
Live Chat (1)
Box-O-Books
Book Journal
Maps
The Eclectic Pen
Fun Stuff
Top 50s
Pulse of PBS
Spread The Word
Photo Gallery
Recipes
Club Tag Cloud
Member Testimonials
Friends of PBS
Help Center
Kiosk
Need Help?
Search - The Preservationist
|
The Preservationist Author: |
|
|||
Book Information
|
|||||
Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Abridged)
Book Description:
"Noe says, -I must build a boat.
-A boat, she says.
-A ship, more like. I'll need the boys to help, he adds as an afterthought.
-We're leagues from the sea, she says, or any river big enough to warrant a boat.
This conversation is making Noe impatient. -I've no need to explain myself to you.
-And when you're done, she says carefully, we'll be taking this ship to the sea somehow?
As usual, Noe's impatience fades quickly. -We'll not be going to the sea. The sea will be coming to us."
In this brilliant debut novel, Noah's family (or Noe as he's called here)-his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law-tell what it's like to live with a man touched by God, while struggling against events that cannot be controlled or explained. When Noe orders his sons to build an ark, he can't tell them where the wood will come from. When he sends his daughters-in-law out to gather animals, he can offer no directions, money, or protection. And once the rain starts, they all realize that the true test of their faith is just beginning. Because the family is trapped on the ark with thousands of animals-with no experience feeding or caring for them, and no idea of when the waters will recede. What emerges is a family caught in the midst of an extraordinary Biblical event, with all the tension, humanity-even humor-that implies.
-A boat, she says.
-A ship, more like. I'll need the boys to help, he adds as an afterthought.
-We're leagues from the sea, she says, or any river big enough to warrant a boat.
This conversation is making Noe impatient. -I've no need to explain myself to you.
-And when you're done, she says carefully, we'll be taking this ship to the sea somehow?
As usual, Noe's impatience fades quickly. -We'll not be going to the sea. The sea will be coming to us."
In this brilliant debut novel, Noah's family (or Noe as he's called here)-his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law-tell what it's like to live with a man touched by God, while struggling against events that cannot be controlled or explained. When Noe orders his sons to build an ark, he can't tell them where the wood will come from. When he sends his daughters-in-law out to gather animals, he can offer no directions, money, or protection. And once the rain starts, they all realize that the true test of their faith is just beginning. Because the family is trapped on the ark with thousands of animals-with no experience feeding or caring for them, and no idea of when the waters will recede. What emerges is a family caught in the midst of an extraordinary Biblical event, with all the tension, humanity-even humor-that implies.
Members who requested this book also requested:
Similar books to this author and title:
 |  |
Genres:
Please Rate these Book Reviews
Brenna B. (This book was the first one I ordered from paperbackswap.com and I'm glad I did. The entire concept of fleshing out the Noah's Ark story sounded interesting to me. I enjoyed the fact that the author told the story from various viewpoints: Noah (or Noe as he's called in this story), this wife (poor thing never gets a name), their sons, and the sons' wives. This story really provided a human side to a Biblical story, showing that even the most revered are also flawed. The language does get surprisingly crude at times, but it also aides in showing how everyone is human when you come down to it (everyone from main characters to background characters are obsessed with sex). I found Mirn, the wife of Noe's youngest son, to be the most interesting character because as the youngest person there, she was often ignored, but she was much smarter than most of them gave her credit for (for instance- instructing everyone how to put the animals on the Ark so that the boat doesn't tip over and making sure the animals that eat each other aren't together). The other wives' are also shown to have strength and wisdom in their own right, and it was nice to see strong females emerge from a typically male-centric story.
Rebecca R. (The real story of Noah and the flood--with a lot of insight by Mrs. Noah. Some rough language.
It's a funny, convincing amplification of the Biblical story.
A fictional accounting of Noah's great task.I've always wondered how he managed to accomplish so much,and how they got through it. David Maines' imagination fit the bill perfectly.
This book is an irreverent view of Noah and his ark but feeds the imagination to wonder how this really took place.
Our book club read it and had a lively discussion about it.
Book Wiki
Common Title
Series
Original Publication Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
People/Characters
Real Places
Fictional Places
Important Events
Awards and Honors