The Innkeeper's Wife: The Rest of the Christmas Story

by Lynda M. Wilson

I’m the innkeeper’s wife. My name is Hannah. Come with me. My husband says you can stay the night in our stable. It is a little way from the inn, but I think you will be all right there. Joseph looked at Mary and waited. “Yes, Joseph. We can’t stay here.” Suddenly her face tightened and she reached for Joseph’s hand. She put her head down and all she said was “Oh!” That was all I needed. I saw instantly that her husband, though he would have defended her at that moment with his very life, could not help her. His wife was in labor. This original and stirring fictional account of the Christmas story introduces readers to Hannah, the innkeeper’s wife. The author takes a deeper look at what could have been as she allows us to view the Nativity through the eyes of the supposed midwife to Mary. Readers travel back with Hannah to the day when Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem and forward to the miraculous account of when shepherds came and witnessed of angels.

Genres: Christmas

39 pages, Hardcover

First published September 6, 2006

Reviews

[Jaclyn H · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Christmas stories even when it's not Christmas. I especially liked this one told from a woman's perspective.

[Jessica Hoffman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this little book!! Quick read yet so powerful a testimony to Jesus Christs birth. I love hearing what could have been a different perspective, yet an amazing one. It’s fun to think about who may have been there that we don’t know about.

[Cathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a cute book, but I don't need characters added to the original scripture stories.

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice story. I enjoy reading fictional accounts of people who might have been there when Christ was born.

[Elaine Duree · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the quote on the back " she was very young. She needed her mother. She needed her mother's friends and the midwife of the village. . . She had none of the help she should have had. But she had me.

[Stasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great Christmas book.

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great Christmas read about the birth of Jesus Christ.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Aunt gave me this book. Her good friend wrote it.

[Krista · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's fun to think of how many more untold stories could be and are linked to Christ's life on the Earth. The possibilities are endless.

[Mariana · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a sweet little book, quick read and fills you with the spirit. makes you look at Luck differently as well.

[Kelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very short, but very sweet version of the Christmas story. A great read for every Christmas season.

[Andie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an amazing story about the birth of Christ from the point of view of the Inn Keeper's Wife. I think I'll read this every Christmas from now on.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet story.

[Shirleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet story of Christ's birth as told through the eyes of Hannah, the innkeeper's wife, who assisted Mary with Jesus' birth.