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Pearl in the Sand

Tessa Afshar

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Jul 23, 2012 Rebekah rated it it was ok

Shelves: genre-book-club, genre-historical-fiction, genre-romance, genre-romance-historical-romance, series, genre-inspirational, genre-religion, genre-christian-fiction, genre-christian-fiction-christian-h, genre-christian

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I was intrigued by the premise of this book, hoping that it would be realistic historical fiction based on a little-known Bible character. I still maintain that such a premise is a brilliant idea. I wonder if authors are too afraid to boldly follow this idea, fearing Christian reprisals from close-minded people who would freak out at any attempt to make these stories and characters human and realistic, instead of "holy" and full of miracles. Regardless, this is not the book that I was hoping for ...more

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