Even with this one detraction, this was still a very worthwhile listen.

That should have been sound edited, as it was annoying and distracting. The fly in the ointment was the frequent sounds of swallowing and gulping.

The narrator was very good at portraying the characters, and I also liked her accent, as it went well with the story. About the Book 10th Anniversary Edition Book: Pearl in the Sand Author: Tessa Afshar Release Date: Septemand OctoGenre: Biblical Romance Can a Canaanite harlot who made her living enticing men be a fitting wife for a leader of Israel Shockingly, the Bible’s answer is yes. This book took the view that God couldn't abide that sort of thing forever, so He used the nation of Israel to destroy it. The citizens of Jericho had a nasty habit of sacrificing their children to their gods. It also emphasized God's anger at those who persecute the weak and are cruel to children. Their society devalued the weak, the alien, the poor, and the young. This book used historical context to underline the will of God in detroying the Canaanite civilization as something terrible, but also just. These parts of the Bible have given its detractors ammunition as examples of a wrathful God. It gave me a lot to think about as well, shining light into some very harsh passages in the Bible which, at a surface level, appear to be God-sanctioned ethnic cleansing. It held my interest throughout and I finished the book in a short time as a result. For anyone who is or has been married, I would recommend this as a good way to understand your partner and their complex thoughts and fears that contribute to the health of that relationship. In 2011, after her first novel Pearl in the Sand was published, she was named New Best Author of the Year in the Family Fiction-sponsored Reader's Choice Awards. I've never read or watched anything that gave such an honest and in depth portrayal of a love story that reached across courtship and deeply into the complications of marriage. Tessa is a Christy award-winning author of historical and Biblical fiction. I wish I'd have been able to listen to this book before I married.

Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar