Sharable Tuesday

My dear friend Eva Marie Everson, along with Miriam Feinberg Vamosh published Ahoti: A Story of Tamar: a Novel  (Paraclete Press), May 2024. This i is today’s highlight on Sharable Tuesday.

Ravaged by one brother, silenced and betrayed by another, and abandoned by her father King David, Tamar—once beloved daughter of the king of Israel, and healer of the court—suddenly finds herself in exile, fleeing for her life. But the story continues where the scriptures end: a dangerous journey and tenacious pursuit of her true identity and calling brings her full circle, to her rightful place in the kingdom.

Eva Marie

Eva Marie is a CBA bestselling and multiple award-winning author and speaker, including an ECPA Gold Medallion, Christy finalist, a Silver Medallion winner, a Carol, several Maggie and Golden Scroll awards, and an Inspirational Retailers Choice Award. She is one of the original five Word Weavers members, which began in 1997. She served first as the original president (2000-2007) and is now CEO of Word Weavers International, Inc., which serves writers primarily as a national and international group of critique and educational chapters.

Miriam

Miriam’s  love affair with the Bible and ancient sources led to her series of books on daily life in Bible times, her first historical novel The Scroll, her newest novel Ahoti – The Story of Tamar, with co-author Eva Marie Everson, and hundreds of articles. That love grew over many years as a tour educator. Miriam’s interest in the New Testament began with the respect that she learned for people of all faiths and cultures from her parents and her older brother and sister. Her writing, and her translating and editing of scholarly research on biblical antiquity on the one hand, and her 20 years as a translator on the news desk of the cutting-edge Israeli daily Haaretz, on the other, come together in a complex whole that, for Miriam, has made life in Israel a never-ending search for meaning, ever more so in troubled times.

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Endorsements & Reviews

“As an author of biblical fiction, I know the amount of research and work that goes into crafting a story like this. Miriam Feinberg Vamosh and Eva Marie Everson comprise the perfect team.” —Jerry B. Jenkins, author of The Chosen series

“Vamosh (The Scroll) and Everson (The Ornament Keeper) put an empowering spin on the biblical story of Tamar, the daughter of King David…[I]t’s a welcome and often gripping portrait of the unsung courage of a biblical heroine.”—Publishers Weekly

Enthralling narrative of events so long ago – “the Bible continually comes to life for me as I read of the events in the lives lived 1000’s of years ago. Their situations and the plots that were spun around them are forever intriguing! The power of Kindoms won and lost was so compelling, revealing the deepest nature of man. The life of David always is always appealing, just knowing that he was a man whom the LORD loved draws unending interest. Tamar the precious daughter, so wounded by a sin that plagues mankind continually–incest. The pain and shame come to life to reveal the inner depth of the spirit, the resilience and the searching heart. This book is truly compelling!”

A Gripping Tale of History, Heart, and Heroism You Won’t Want to Miss – If you’re ready to dive into a story that blends rich historical detail with a gripping narrative, the ‘Ahoti” A Story of Tamar,’ by Eva Marie Everson and Miriam Feinberg Vamoose, is your next must-read. Steeped in history and Jewish customs, the authors weave a compelling tale about Tamar that us as rich in detail as it is sin drama. Reading it reminded me of two dear friends who taught me the fine arts of wisdom and kindness. Dive into this journey, and you’ll find yourself captivated by a story of faith, intuition, and fortitude–a portrait of a young woman as breathtaking as she is strong. Trust me, you’re in for a treat!

Can a woman on the run find herself again?

Ladies of the Fire brought us to the late 1960s as we met the newly-widowed Lily-Rose Pembrick reeling as she fled Lincoln, Nebraska, with her children. Only taking the cash from the house safe and what she could get her hands on at the family bank, she left the recently-inherited and successful Pembrick Transportation company behind. Exhausted from driving all night, she stopped in Applegate, Ohio, and decided to start a new life on Norwood Street. There, she met Fiona Kasey, an African-American no-nonsense housekeeper/companion to an elderly white woman, and Sugar Bowersox, a Southern spitfire who has lost herself in motherhood.

Together, they enjoyed Lily-Rose’s backyard fire pit, where dreams were spoken and secrets revealed. As they embraced a kinship they never would have sought, Lily-Rose began thinking her past could finally be laid to rest—until someone ended up dead.