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Land of Silence
by Tessa Afshar
Synopsis from Goodreads:
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?
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?
Review
When her brother dies in an accident while under
her care, Elianna, her father, and her community blame her. Her family is
crushed by grief, and Elianna, by guilt. Yet, she is the one person strong
enough to keep the family business going and her family from starving. But when
tragedy after tragedy strikes her family, will Elianna finally turn to God to
healing her hurts, both inside and out?
Land of
Silence by Tessa Afshar was amazing in so many ways. In it, Tessa Afshar
broke away from writing Old Testament biblical fiction and instead wrote about
a woman the Bible tells little about: the woman with the bleeding disorder of
twelve years that Jesus healed, whom Jesus called “daughter.” To a woman whose
own father wouldn’t forgive her, what words those must have been!
Land of
Silence is the story of a woman who goes through all kinds of pain and
suffering—internal, monetarily, physical, romantic. My heart ached for her! As
someone who has close friends going through un-diagnosable (or curable?) health
problems, I had a glimpse of the kind of pain she was experiencing with the
bleeding disease, but that was just one of the problems she was facing. The
author drew her so realistically and painfully that it hurt to read at times.
But all the pain was worth it to see the beautiful ending. It was glorious and
inspiring, and it made the words Jesus spoke to the woman that much more
meaningful, having seen all the real woman might have suffered. Oh, and that
reminds me! Lydia makes a cameo appearance. And the love interest was one of
the most amazing young men I have read about yet. Truly an inspiration.
I really loved this book and would recommend it to
those who enjoy inspirational, biblical fiction.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange
for an honest review.
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