Author T.K. Thorne, who has traveled in Turkey and Israel researching her books, speaks
about how she accidentally became a police officer, didn't end up in a space
capsule, and tackled an historical fiction novel about an unknown woman in one
of the oldest and most famous stories on earth. Her debut prize-winning novel,
Noah's Wife, gives the Biblical story of Noah-and-the-ark a unique twist,
telling the tale from the perspective of a brilliant young girl with a form of
autism (now) known as Asperger's Syndrome, and setting the story in a culture
that existed during a great flood in the Black Sea region thousands of years
ago.
- Scientists (including Robert Ballard, the
explorer who found the sunken Titanic while on a secret mission for the US
government), discovered the truth about the Black Sea, once a fresh water lake,
which cataclysmically became a sea around 5500 BCE.
- The oldest known worshiped deity was
female. The role of the feminine in the
divine was entwined with early Judaism and keeps reappearing throughout
history.
- One in every 91 persons has a form of
autism. The choice to make Noah’s wife
an Asperger savant stemmed from personal experience in the author’s life and
gives the story a unique perspective.
Noah’s wife is Na’amah, a beautiful young girl who wishes only
to be a shepherdess on her beloved hills in ancient Turkey--a desire shattered
by the hatred of her powerful brother, the love of two men, and a looming
disaster that threatens humanity’s survival.
Noah’s Wife won ForeWord Review’s
Book of the Year for Historical Fiction (2009). Thorne’s short stories
and screen plays have garnered awards as well, and her monthly column in Synergy Magazine is a must-read for
Birmingham’s city center. A
film from her screenplay, Six Blocks Wide, has shown at film festivals
in Alabama and Europe. Originally from Montgomery, Alabama, she
retired from the Birmingham Police Department as a captain and currently serves
as executive director of the business improvement district, CAP, in downtown
Birmingham.
…a terrific storyteller.--Sena Jeter Naslund,
author of Ahab's Wife
…an extraordinary work.--Dianne Mooney,
founder of Southern Living At
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A novel of epic sweep, emotional power, and considerable beautify.--Ron Golson, The Blount Countian
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