Twelfth Year: First in the Series: And Also Some Women

by Sherri Sechrist

Beautiful Leah’s outwardly privileged life has a dark side, including an arranged marriage to a gruff, silent stranger. But Leah’s devotion to her new husband overcomes their differences – until a shameful illness strikes the new bride. Only Leah’s mother fights for her, yet Leah is cast out by her Jewish community. Abandoned and alone, Leah fights to survive with a steadfast faith and stubborn will. Leah overhears two Jewish women walking to the well, marveling over the miracles of a man named Jesus. Leah wonders at their Can the promises of an itinerant Nazarene teacher possibly be true for a forgotten woman named Leah?

298 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2014