Land of Silence

ISBN: 149640646X

Author: Afshar, Tessa

Condition: New

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 fathers 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