This is the first book in a series of five by Rivers that explores women of the Bible and how their faith got them through difficult times. Jesus is a direct descendant of each of the women. The choices they made lead up to the birth of Christ. If they had no chosen to follow God's will, things could have been a lot different.
Tamar is a woman (girl really) who is "sold" into marriage to a man she despises. Through a series of events, she must go to great measures in order to have a son. I won't go into a lot of it. It's a great read. It's very interesting to read about what she has to do, considering a lot of it would seem wrong in today's world, but in the old testament was acceptable. But it's all true. Obviously, the Bible doesn't go into as much detail as Rivers, and some of it is expanded to make a good long story, but the events are true.
Rivers does an excellent job of writing about these events, and I can't wait to read the next one.
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