Welcome, book lovers! It’s time to introduce you to another debut author, and my debut author for April is Naomi Stephens! Naomi’s book Shadow of Sheaves released on 1 April and is a retelling of the story of Ruth and Boaz set during the British occupation of India in the nineteenth century. I’ll be reviewing it in two weeks’ time, so in the meantime…
Publisher’s Description When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech’s family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth will hazard the journey to her mother-in-law’s homeland. Destitute and downhearted, Naomi resigns herself to a life of bitter poverty, but Ruth holds