Review Detail

Reader reviewed by Mairi

Sarai is ten when she first meets Abram, who promises that, before her age is doubled, he will return and make her his wife, though she is promised to the goddess Asherah. Sarai convinces her father, an exiled king, to release her from the service of a goddess in whom she no longer believes, and waits faithfully for Abram. When he comes, he takes her away into the desert.

I'll admit that this book first caught my eye because I found it amusing that Orson Scott Card was writing biblical fiction. It looked good, though, so I checked it out of the library, brought it home, and read it. It was a remarkable book, with very vivid characters.

The best thing about this book, though, is that unlike others of its sort it never gets too preachy.