Unveiled by Francine Rivers
Length: 130 pages
Price: Varies (I got mine for $.75 on eBay but then had to pay nearly $4 for shipping!)
Author Website: http://francinerivers.com/books/unveiled (photo credit)
Basic Premise: This novella tells the story of Tamar, the first woman mentioned in the lineage of Jesus, and her tumultuous journey through abuse, rejection, and infinite patience to continue the line of Judah, son of Jacob.
My Take: 9 out of 10 (scale here)
This is a wonderful book. The story of Judah and Tamar in the Bible (found in Genesis 38) is one of those strange, uncomfortable stories that you read as a child and think "Why is this in the Bible? It's icky." However, Francine Rivers does an excellent job of staying true to the story but filling in what she confesses are fictional details to help round it out. It flips back and forth between the perspectives of Tamar and Judah. There is also a Bible study in the back if you'd like to delve deeper into a story that at first may seem to have very little application to our lives today. It is a story of dedication, faith, endurance, and how God can restore even the most fallen of lives.
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