Land of Silence
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2017 INSPY Award winner, general fiction category!
Rejected by her family. Called unclean by society. Healed by the Savior.
Before Christ called her daughter . . .
Before she stole healing by touching the hem of his garment . . .
Elianna is a young girl crushed by guilt. After her only brother is killed while in her care, Elianna tries to earn forgiveness by working for her father's textile trade and caring for her family. When another tragedy places Elianna in sole charge of the business, her talent for design brings enormous success, but never the absolution she longs for. As her world unravels, she breaks off her betrothal to the only man she will ever love. Then illness strikes, isolating Elianna from everyone, stripping everything she has left.
No physician can cure her. No end is in sight. Until she hears whispers of a man whose mere touch can heal. After so many years of suffering and disappointment, is it possible that one man could redeem the wounds of body . . . and soul?
- Moving biblical fiction drawn from the gospel accounts of the bleeding woman
- From the beloved Christian historical fiction author of The Hidden Prince and Daughter of Rome
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
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Tessa Afshar is an award-winning author of biblical and inspirational historical fiction. She holds a master of divinity from Yale University, where she served as cochair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School. After working in women's ministry for nearly twenty years, Tessa became a full-time writer and speaker. Tessa and her husband live in New England, where they proudly tend their mediocre garden. Visit her website at tessaafshar.com.