This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Pearl In The Sand
Moody Publishers (September 1, 2010)
by
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tessa Afshar was born in a nominally Muslim family in Iran and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. She survived English boarding school for girls before moving to the United States permanently. Her conversion to Christianity in her mid-twenties changed the course of her life forever. Tessa holds an MDIV from Yale University where she served as co-Chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School. She has spent the last twelve years in full and part-time Christian work and currently serves as the leader of Women’s and Prayer ministries at a church in Connecticut.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Can a Canaanite harlot who has made her livelihood by looking desirable to men make a fitting wife for one of the leaders of Israel? Shockingly, the Bible’s answer is yes. At the age of fifteen Rahab is forced into prostitution by her beloved father. In her years as a courtesan, she learns to mistrust men and hate herself. Into the emotional turmoil of her world walks Salmone, a respected leader of Judah. Through the tribulations of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true source of one another’s worth in God and find healing from fear and rejection.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Pearl In The Sand, go HERE
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MY REVIEW:
I have not been much of a fan of biblical fiction simply because much of what I have read in the past was pretty dry. So you can imagine just how thrilled I was to find that Pearl In The Sand was of that genre. But because I am dedicated to helping promote Christian fiction and the book was on my list of blog tours, I decided to at least give it a try. I am glad I did.
Pearl In The Sand is the story of Rahab the harlot, partially taken directly from scripture and partially from what might have been. This author made Rahab come alive and the story was so realistic that I left it hoping that was the way it really happened. Rahab’s story was handled with sensitivity and her life as a harlot was portrayed discreetly. I wish I had taken notes because this book is jam packed with a wealth of quotes that offer wonderful spiritual insight that blended into the story very naturally.
I commend Ms. Afshar on a job well done and hope to see more of her work in the future.
