Redeeming Grace, book #20

Wow but wow.  I am usually hesitant about reading fictionalized versions of Bible stories because I am just not sure how far the author will take "poetic liberties" but this one was amazing.  It seems as though I have read others by her, however a quick search from my older blog posts show it was actually other authors here, here, and one I love here.  

What I loved about this book is that it ties right in with a Bible Study some of my book club buddies and I are doing.  We are working through Ruth: Loss, Love and Legacy by Kelly Minter.  The Bible study was supposed to last through the summer, but with all our crazy schedules we are still plodding through it.  The study has been amazing eye opener to all the details and connections to the New Testament that -- even having read it 100 times and heard the story since preschool -- I have never really seen.  Needless to say, I highly recommend both!

When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth will hazard the journey to her mother-in-law's homeland. Destitute and downhearted, Naomi resigns herself to a life of bitter poverty, but Ruth holds out hope for a better future. And Boaz may be the one God has chosen to provide it.  (picture and description at amazon.)

Happy Reading!  Wonder if I should pick up something else or wait and see what Terezia picks on Thursday ....

O:)
Melissa