Overview

We never learn her name. In the Bible she is a fleeting but haunting presence, the iconic “woman at the well” who encounters Jesus. Inspired by this tantalizing biblical moment Obery Hendricks’ Living Water spins the complete story of her life in rich, gripping detail. From a childhood torn between love and violence through a tumultuous coming-of-age, a young girl struggles to mute her passion for life in a society that wants to break her spirit. Catapulted into a series of abusive marriages, cast out and despised, she is a woman who has lost her own voice—until a chance meeting with a mysterious stranger whose words re-awaken her thirst for life and love. In a style that recalls Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Color Purple, Obery Hendricks skillfully weaves a lyrical, distinctly African-American literary voice into a universal tale of liberation and reconciliation, love and faith

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Refreshing wit and enlightenment... you'll never read the Gospel story the same way again. A provocative novel --Christian Science Monitor It is hard to believe that this is Hendricks' first trip to the literary well. --Michael Eric Dyson, author of Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X, Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line, and the forthcoming Why I Love Black Women Living Water is an exemplary novel for our times. Don't miss this book! --Cornel West, author of Race Matters A divinely inspired bridge to a new level of self-awareness. A must read. --Iyanla Vanzant, best-selling author of Everyday I Pray and Up From Here

Refreshing wit and enlightenment... you'll never read the Gospel story the same way again. A provocative novel -- Christian Science Monitor

A divinely inspired bridge to a new level of self-awareness. A must read. --Iyanla Vanzant, best-selling author of Everyday I Pray and Up From Here It is hard to believe that this is Hendricks' first trip to the literary well. --Michael Eric Dyson, author of Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X, Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line, and the forthcoming Why I Love Black Women Living Water is an exemplary novel for our times. Don't miss this book! --Cornel West, author of Race Matters Refreshing wit and enlightenment... you'll never read the Gospel story the same way again. A provocative novel --Christian Science Monitor

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A former Wall Street investment executive, professional musician, and competitive martial artist, Obery Hendricks is the immediate past president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest African American seminary in the United States. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Professor of Biblical Studies at New York Theological Seminary. This is his first novel.

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