Rebekah: Women of Genesis (A Novel) (Women of Genesis, 2) - Softcover

Card, Orson Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765399342 ISBN 13: 9780765399342

Publisher: Forge Books, 2018

Synopsis

Rebekah, book two in New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card's Women of Genesis series―a unique re-imagining of the biblical tale.

Born into a time and place where a woman speaks her mind at her peril, and reared as a motherless child by a doting father, Rebekah grew up to be a stunning, headstrong beauty. She was chosen by God for a special destiny.

Rebekah leaves her father's house to marry Isaac, the studious young son of the Patriarch Abraham, only to find herself caught up in a series of painful rivalries, first between her husband and his brother Ishmael, and later between her sons Jacob and Esau. Her struggles to find her place in the family of Abraham are a true test of her faith, but through it all she finds her own relationship with God and does her best to serve His cause in the lives of those she loves.

Women of Genesis
Sarah
Rebekah

About this title

About the Author:

Orson Scott Card is best known for his internationally bestselling science fiction novel Ender’s Game and its many sequels. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the bible-based historical novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah and Rebekah.

Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He spent a year as a missionary in Brazil. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.

Review:

Praise for Sarah

“This playfully speculative novel succeeds in bringing Sarah's oft-overlooked character into vivid relief.”―Publishers Weekly

“This is an inventive and engaging telling of the life of Sarah, the woman who laughed at God’s news (that so old a woman would now bear a child)―and who gives as good as she gets throughout both the book of Genesis and Card’s novel.”―Historical Novel Society

"This series is definitely for those interested in women in the Bible, and in such novels as The Red Tent." ―Kliatt

“The story moves swiftly, climaxing at several points, such as Abram and Sarai’s stay in Egypt when the pharaoh wants to take Sarai as his wife. It is a quick and interesting read.... This is an intriguing story.”―Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0765399342
• ISBN 13: 9780765399342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448