NaamahBy: Sarah Blake "A dreamy and transgressive feminist retelling of the Great Flood from the perspective of Noah's wife as she wrestles with the mysterious metaphysics of womanhood at the end of the world." O, The Oprah Magazine With the coming of the Great Floodthe mother of all disastersonly one family was spared, drifting on an endless sea, waiting for the waters to subside. We know the story of Noah, moved by divine vision to launch their escape.