The Book of John

The Book of John is a revelation – a wise, deeply observant book about nature, about regret, about love. Kate Niles has given us an unforgettable cast of characters, each on their own complicated journey toward healing. The past, she reminds us, breathes right along with the present when we excavate the bones of our memory, dig through the ruins of our heart.”
Gayle Brandeis, author of The Book of Dead Birds and Self Storage. 

“The Book of John does for archeology what The Secret Garden did for inconspicuous little doors — changed forever how we see our world.“
Christopher Noel, author of In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing and Impossible Visits.

“With powerful imagery [Niles] takes us into a place of ancient atrocity and into the modern halls of academe where archaeologists attempt to understand that atrocity. Niles maps all these  territories with authority. But as we follow her compelling protagonist, John, on his often painful journey of  self-discovery, we find that Niles is equally at home in the complex terrain of the human heart.“
Paula Huntley, author of bestseller The Hemingway Bookclub of Kosovo.