Lilith (paperback)
by Nikki Marmery
 
 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 LILITH’S 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 – God’s 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