March 2018 list by Bonnie Bradford
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The Book of Laman
by Mette Harrison
In The Book of Laman, Mette Harrison takes a concept that others have used for a quick joke—the idea of narrating the first part of the Book of Mormon from Laman’s perspective—and turns it into a serious and profoundly moving story of redemption that has the ability to make us all better readers, and, more importantly, better people.
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The Girl From the Golden Horn
by Kurban Said
Asiadeh Anbara and her father, once members of the Turkish royal court, have fled the collapse of the Ottoman Empire to start a new life in Berlin. Years earlier Asiadeh had been engaged to a Turkish prince, but now, under the spell of the West, the 19-year-old Muslim girl falls in love and marries a Viennese doctor. When her former fiancée reappears, Asiadeh finds herself torn between the marriage she made in good faith and the promise made long ago.
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Home to Paradise
by Barbara Cameron
Rose Anna Zook has watched her two older sisters marry Stoltzfus men and has always thought she and John, the third Stoltzfus brother, would marry. But John has other ideas. He's enjoying his Rumschpringe in the Englisch world a little too much and isn't interested in returning to the Amish community—especially to marry. Rose Anna is determined to bring her man back into the Amish fold. John is equally determined to live his life free and unencumbered. Coming Home series.
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Isaiah's Daughter
by Mesu Andrews
When Isaiah adopts Ishma, he gives her a new name—Zibah, "delight of the Lord"—thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet's home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah's lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah's favor, who is determined to rebuild the kingdom his father has nearly destroyed. But loving this man will bring back the pain of her past, and she must turn to the only One who can give life, calm her fears, and deliver a nation.
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The Kingdom
by Emmanuel Carrère
A sweeping fictional account of the early Christians, whose unlikely beliefs conquered the world. Follow the ragtag group of early Christians through the tumultuous days of the faith's founding. Boldly blending scholarship with speculation, memoir with journalistic muckraking, this book sets out on a headlong chase through the latter part of the Bible, drawing out the protagonists caught up in the most important events of their time.
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Lydia, Woman of Philippi
by Diana Wallis Taylor
Smart, strong, and a follower of the Jewish God, Lydia has nonetheless always quietly conformed to the expectations of the Roman society surrounding her. Even though married young to a man she dislikes, she is determined to be a faithful wife. But when her husband is killed some years later, Lydia vows never to remarry. When she meets a strange man named Paul the apostle by the river one Sabbath day, will Lydia have the courage to once more let her life be dramatically changed?
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The Weight of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
Set in London of the 1660s and of the early 21st century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. A sophisticated work of historical fiction about women separated by centuries, and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind.
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