Lilith: the heroine women have waited six thousand years for

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LILITH IS THE HEROINE WOMEN HAVE WAITED SIX THOUSAND YEARS FOR.

ONE OF STYLIST'S BEST NEW FEMINIST RETELLINGS TO READ IN 2023
A DELIA ONLINE BOOK OF THE MONTH
LUSH, LYRICAL PROSE DAILY MAIL
FEISTY, FURIOUS, AND STARTLINGLY FUNNY EVERY PAGE SEETHES WITH LILITHS RAGE AND HEARTACHE NAOMI KELSEY

In the Garden of Eden, at the beginning of time, an outrageous lie is born: that women are inferior.

Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. But when Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him, she refuses and is banished forever from Paradise. Demonised and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah Gods wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world and regain her rightful place in Paradise.

Lilith is beautifully written, thought-provoking, and always true to its heroine. Truly a unique, magnificent achievement Costanza Casati, author of Clytemnestra

Stellar... This feminist reimagining of the Bible will grip readers Publishers Weekly, starred review

A ferocious, heterodox mythic novel that upends notions of divinity, femininity versus masculinity, and human beings responsibility toward one another and the earth Foreword Reviews, starred review

Furious, fierce & feminist Simply the best book Ive read in years Nydia Hetherington

Fans of Madeline Miller and Jennifer Saint will love this evocative feminist retelling Rosie Andrews

Perhaps the most powerful, audacious, hopeful novel Ive ever read Louise Morrish

Marmerys exquisite prose brings this compelling, highly relevant tale of Adams first wife to life Laura Shepperson

In a poetic voice, at once ancient and modern, Nikki Marmerys Lilith conjures a feminist counter-narrative Kathleen B. Jones

I learned so much from this joyous rampage through Biblical history Alice Albinia

Marmery delivers one of the most gloriously feminist myth-meets-historical-fiction novels Ive read Susan C. Wilson

A furious tornado of a novel Maggie Brookes
Fierce and utterly original Jennifer Saint
The book Ive been waiting my whole life for Victoria Hawthorne
An extraordinary, important book Sara Sheridan
Dynamite. I laughed loud, fumed louder Meg Clothier
A battle cry of a book. A rich, vividly written story Sophie Keetch
At long last we have the origin story women deserve Miranda Malins
Defiant and magnificent Chikodili Emelumadu
Ambitious and intriguing Elyse John
Daring, fresh and playful Ann Morgan
An invigoratingly furious book Niamh Boyce
Witty and furious Joanne Burn
Exquisitely written and full of wit and female rage Rani Selvarajah

Author Bio

In a former life Nikki worked as a financial journalist. She now writes fiction from a small village near Amersham, where she lives with her husband and three children. Her first novel, On Wilder Seas, was shortlisted for the Historical Novel Societys New Novel Award and selected for the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundations #AdventureSociety book club.