Wednesday, September 1, 2010

This week, the



Christian Fiction Blog Alliance



is introducing



Pearl In The Sand
Moody Publishers (September 1, 2010)



by
Tessa Afshar




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

Watch the book video:



2 comments:

Patti Lacy said...

Oh, how EXCITING! And with my publisher!!

I love Francine Rivers' take on Rahab so will be eager to read another version!

Blessings,
Patti

Cheryl Klarich said...

Thanks so much for the comment! So even MORE reasons to check this one out!!