History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

A Fisher of Women by Catherine Magia Publication Date: October 3, 2018 Paperback & eBook; 184 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance/Biblical Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: When the wife of Simon Peter returns to Galilee, she brings nothing but her faith in an enigmatic carpenter named Jesus, who has an extraordinary gift of healing the sick. But as she spends time in the presence of this divine leader, she discovers the gift of healing comes at a devastating cost. A terrible burden Jesus bears for the sake of his love for humanity.     In her quest to alleviate Jesus’s eternal suffering, the wife of Simon Peter befriends a pagan magician named Helen. Helen possesses a wisdom and healing power exceeded only by Jesus himself, but bears an unsavory reputation. Can Helen be trusted to ease Jesus’s suffering? Or is she a rival seeking his ultimate dest...

The Fisherman's Bride by Catherine Magia Publication Date: November 2, 2016 Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC, CreateSpace Kindle & Paperback; 240 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction/Biblical Fiction/Christian Literature Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. READ AN EXCERPT . Synopsis: She has no name. She is not even a footnote. Her tale is hidden behind the well-told fable of her husband, the man who would become Simon Peter, the first Apostle.      Cast off by her family after shunning a wealthy suitor to marry a humble fisherman, her life is fraught with hardship. She endures her husband’s growing restlessness, fish shortages from the Sea of Galilee, and the oppression of an all-powerful Roman Empire over her people. Then her life is forever changed when her dying mother is saved by a miracle performed by a young carpenter—a man who speaks with understanding and acts with compass...

Grendel’s Mother Author: Diana Stout Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Sharpened Pencils Productions Release Date: March 16, 2016 Pages: 113 Source:  This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A 15-year-old girl dreams of freedom, with a desire to marry the young man she loves. A horrific event changes her life forever. Pregnant and having brought shame to her family and community, she is sacrificed to the dragon to die, but instead, the dragon saves her unbeknownst to her family and the community.       This literary novel reveals a journey of societal injustice, a girl's love for Nature that enables her to survive life in the wild alone, of her giving birth and raising a baby—deemed a monster—entirely on her own.       In the end, not only does she battle Grendel to keep him safe, but she battles her son’s killer, Beowulf, as well.        My Review: Gren...

The Confessions of X Author: Suzanne M. Wolfe Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date: January 26, 2016 Pages: 304 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Before he became a father of the Christian Church, Augustine of Hippo loved a woman whose name has been lost to history. This is her story.      She met Augustine in Carthage when she was seventeen. She was the poor daughter of a mosaic-layer; he was a promising student and heir to a fortune. His brilliance and passion intoxicated her, but his social class would be forever beyond her reach. She became his concubine, and by the time he was forced to leave her, she was thirty years old and the mother of his son. And his Confessions show us that he never forgot her. She was the only woman he ever loved.      In a society in which classes rarely mingle on equal terms, and an unwed mother can lose her son to the burgeoning career of he...

A Thousand Nights Author: E. K. Johnston Genre: YA, Fantasy Publisher: Disney Hyperion Release Date: October 6, 2015 Pages: 336 Source: Publisher/Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next.      And so she is taken in her sister's place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin's court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time. But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unloc...

Sinners and the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah's Wife Author: Rebecca Kanner Genre: Historical Fiction, Biblical Fiction Publication Date: April 2, 2013 Publisher: Howard Books Pages: 360 Source: This book was given to me as part of the Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audio CD Synopsis:The young heroine in Sinners and the Sea is destined for greatness. Known  only as "wife" in the Bible and cursed with a birthmark that many think is the brand of a demon, this unnamed woman lives anew through Rebecca Kanner. The author gives this virtuous woman the perfect voice to make one of the Old Testament's stories come alive like never before.      Desperate to keep her safe, the woman's father gives her to the righteous Noah, who weds her and takes her to the town of Sorum, a haven for outcasts. Alone in her new life, Noah's wife gives him three sons. But living in this wicked and perverse town with an aloof husband w...