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Search - Sarah (Canaan Trilogy)
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Book Description:
A dazzling new novel about one of the great women of the Old Testament by internationally bestselling author Marek Halter.Members who requested this book also requested:
Sarahs story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah balks at the marriage her father has planned for her. On her wedding day, she impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls, where she meets a young man named Abram, son of a tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends one night with him and reluctantly returns to her fathers house. But on her return, she secretly drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thus unfit for marriage.
Many years later, Abram returns to Ur and discovers that the lost, rebellious girl from the marsh has been transformed into a splendid womanthe high priestess of the goddess Ishtar. But Sarah gives up her exalted life to join Abrams tribe and follow the one true God, an invisible deity who speaks only to Abram. It is then that her journey truly begins.
From the great ziggurat of Ishtar to the fertile valleys of Canaan to the bedchamber of the mighty Pharaoh himself, Sarahs story reveals an ancient world full of beauty, intrigue, and miracles.
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Teresa G. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is the first book in the Canaan Trilogy, and my first by this author. I really didn't know what to expect. The author gives an insight into the culture of the times 4000 years ago. This book gave me much to think about, especially the cultural behaviors. But you have to remember, though Sarah and Abraham are real Biblical characters, this is a fictional account of their lives woven around some truths from the Bible. Book is well-written and held my attention throughout.
Jessica W. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Akin to The Red Tent, Sarah is the imagining of what the life of the wife of Abraham may have been like. Beautiful language, vivid, I loved it!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful read! Hard to put down. I will pick up the next two books in this series, Zipporah and Lilah.
Stephanie M. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful read. I do want to read the rest of the novels in this trilogy. I also recommend that you read Genesis and Abraham's story, and then follow these up with The Red Tent. Biblical fiction, but details of daily life well researched.
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Kay P. from CHARLESTOWN, NH wrote on 2/19/2007...Wonderful insight into the times of the Old Testiment. I really liked this book and would recommend it as a very enjoyable read!
Anita G. from ARMONK, NY wrote on 1/30/2007...Loved this book. It sparked my interest in the Abraham story.
Very interesting book. But you must remember this is a novel, so much of the book is speculation. However it has some very interesting insites of how our world was in the beginning. From the very rich and opulent, from which Sarah came to the tribe of outsiders from which Abraham came.
Sally R. from BURKE, VA wrote on 11/22/2006...an incredibly well-written and fascinating novelabout the biblical Sarah and her life.
ANITA M. from LAGUNA BEACH, CA wrote on 9/5/2006...Provocative and interesting view of women's life in Bible days. Recommended, well written.