I also really liked Ethan, Viriato, and Claudia. Overall, it was a very good lesson for me! Though a secondary character who's not seen much, I loved Elianna's sister, Joanna. It was gut-wrenching watching her make some choices that she did instead of choosing to trust God and those who loved her. She was perhaps very much like me in ways! Pretending she was in control trying to fix everything and save everyone. I did at times become frustrated with Elianna, though my heart ached for her.

So Land of Silence takes the story from The Bible of the woman who had a bleeding condition for fourteen years and imagines who this woman was and what her life was like prior to her encounter with Jesus Christ.įrom practically the first page, I was drawn in and this book never lost my interest. I truly believe she has a God-given gift for it. Tessa Afshar, along with Connilyn Cossette, is a master at writing Biblical historical novels. it all draws me in and I find myself hardly able to put the book down! Ah, I was so excited to read another book by this author, and Land of Silence did not disappoint. The writing style, the characters and the authenticity of their world, the faith. Tessa Afshar writes such marvelous stories! I haven't loved all her novels, but I feel Bread of Angels and now Land of Silence are absolutely incredible. Tessa is a devoted wife, mediocre gardener, and chocolate enthusiast. She worked in women and prayer ministries for nearly twenty years before becoming a full-time writer. Tessa holds a master of divinity from Yale University, where she served for one year as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School.

Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed the course of her life forever. She then moved to England, where she survived boarding school for girls, before moving to the United States permanently. Tessa was born in the Middle East and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. Tessa’s Bible study, The Way Home: God’s Invitation to New Beginnings, based on the book of Ruth, won ECPA’s Christian Book Award in the Bible Study category, 2021. Harvest of Gold won the prestigious Christy Award in the Historical Romance category, Harvest of Rubies was a finalist for the ECPA Christian Book Award in the fiction category, and Thief of Corinth was an INSPY Award finalist. Land of Silence won an INSPY Award and was voted by Library Journal as one of the top five Christian fiction titles of 2016. Her novel Daughter of Rome is a Carol Award Finalist.

Her books have been on the Publishers Weekly, ECPA, and other bestseller lists, and translated into eleven languages. TESSA AFSHAR is a Christy and Christian Book Award winning author of historical and biblical fiction, and non-fiction.

Bread of Angels by Tessa Afshar