Pearl In The Sand by Tessa Afshar

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Pearl In The Sand Moody Publishers (September 1, 2010)
by Tessa Afshar


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Tessa Afshar was born in a nominally Muslim family in Iran and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. She survived English boarding school for girls before moving to the United States permanently. Her conversion to Christianity in her mid-twenties changed the course of her life forever. Tessa holds an MDIV from Yale University where she served as co-Chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the
Divinity School. She has spent the last twelve years in full and part-time Christian work and currently serves as the leader of Women’s and Prayer ministries at a church in Connecticut.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Can a Canaanite harlot who has made her livelihood by looking desirable to men make a fitting wife for one of the leaders of Israel? Shockingly, the Bible’s answer is yes. At the age of fifteen Rahab is forced into prostitution by her beloved father. In her years as a courtesan, she learns to mistrust men and hate herself. Into the emotional turmoil of her world walks Salmone, a respected leader of Judah. Through the tribulations of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true
source of one another’s worth in God and find healing from fear and rejection.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Pearl In The Sand, go HERE

Watch the book video:





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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802458815

Author's picture is:
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<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a></div><center><span style="font-size: 130%;">This week, the</span></center> <br /> <center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center> <br /> <center><span style="font-size: 100%;">is introducing</span></center> <br /> <center><span style="color: #993300; font-size: 130%;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802458815">Pearl In The Sand</a></span></center> <center>Moody Publishers (September 1, 2010)</center> <br /> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.tessaafshar.com/">Tessa Afshar</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RgqPSC2QiZ_fi2Tk9T4Hv8cv4pjAqvqFNG4CJvzI74lBd8MtuoeSk1nfoHsVtilXxmLC_GN2IjgMRVbwV4RBwZa_3r7Wtmk0dixisC32ULtqV7mh8Prg98bcwdFW8waCeMtuLg/s1600/tessa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RgqPSC2QiZ_fi2Tk9T4Hv8cv4pjAqvqFNG4CJvzI74lBd8MtuoeSk1nfoHsVtilXxmLC_GN2IjgMRVbwV4RBwZa_3r7Wtmk0dixisC32ULtqV7mh8Prg98bcwdFW8waCeMtuLg/s200/tessa.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /> <br /> Tessa Afshar was born in a nominally Muslim family in Iran and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. She survived English boarding school for girls before moving to the United States permanently. Her conversion to Christianity in her mid-twenties changed the course of her life forever. Tessa holds an MDIV from Yale University where she served as co-Chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the <br /> Divinity School. She has spent the last twelve years in full and part-time Christian work and currently serves as the leader of Women’s and Prayer ministries at a church in Connecticut.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ffcc00; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjIur0sJdof3y575Hjytwx3BrIG8oJKgDPJnEdze4I_SwZBe9v5CGyrikoIXJKIwiTuZNRHu8rsZndvz1wgLxNdsXyvoSEwinHzrofHOAA1Szc-rz692GfprLkPTFULhD8_Xaog/s1600/Pearl+in+the+Sand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjIur0sJdof3y575Hjytwx3BrIG8oJKgDPJnEdze4I_SwZBe9v5CGyrikoIXJKIwiTuZNRHu8rsZndvz1wgLxNdsXyvoSEwinHzrofHOAA1Szc-rz692GfprLkPTFULhD8_Xaog/s200/Pearl+in+the+Sand.jpg" width="134" /></a></div>Can a Canaanite harlot who has made her livelihood by looking desirable to men make a fitting wife for one of the leaders of Israel? Shockingly, the Bible’s answer is yes. At the age of fifteen Rahab is forced into prostitution by her beloved father. In her years as a courtesan, she learns to mistrust men and hate herself. Into the emotional turmoil of her world walks Salmone, a respected leader of Judah. Through the tribulations of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true <br /> source of one another’s worth in God and find healing from fear and rejection.<br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802458815">Pearl In The Sand</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2010/08/pearl-in-sand-chapter-1.html">HERE</a><br /> <br /> Watch the book video:<br /> <br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YL3acPFqpSw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YL3acPFqpSw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />

Tessa can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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