Land of Silence by Tessa Afshar is the story of
Elianna, a young girl torn apart by guilt. When her younger brother, the pride
and joy of her family, dies while under her care, Elianna seeks forgiveness by
working in her father’s textile trade and caring for her grieving parents and
younger sister. She finds herself in the sole charge of the business, her
talent for design brings amazing success; however, despite her success and work
ethic, she doesn’t receive the forgiveness she seeks. As her world unravels,
she breaks off her engagement with a man she loves, sacrificing her feelings so
that he can find a wife worth of him. Illness strikes, leaving her at the
misery of doctors with different cures but to no avail. Soon she is isolating
from everyone and everything she loves as Jewish law dictates. Soon whispers of
a man who heals sweeps through the land. Can this Jesus be the answer to her
healing? Can she finally find the life she always dreamed of?
Land of Silence is a fictionalized story of the woman
who suffered from a bleeding issue. Her encounter with Jesus is told in Matthew
9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34, and Luke 8:43-48. All we know of her is what happens during
her encounter with Jesus but what lead her to this state of desperation? A
bleeding issue would have put her on the fringes of Jewish society as bleeding
made her unclean. What happened to her after she is healed by Jesus? Ms. Afshar
writes an amazing story of guilt, struggles, redemption and freedom that
forgiveness can bring. At times you will sympathize with Elianna and other
times you want to shake her and tell her to stop being so stubborn. I liked that
everything about her changed after her encounter with Jesus. Her demeanor, her
attitude and her outlook on her life and her future changed. I highly recommend
Land of Silence.
Land of Silence
is available in
paperback, eBook and audiobook
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