Rachel and Leah (Women of Genesis Series #3)

by Orson Scott Card, Deseret Book Company

Overview

Leah was so young when her sister Rachel was born that she could not remember a time when Rachel was not the darling of the family — pretty, clever, and cute, whereas Leah plugged along being obedient, hard-working, and responsible. Then one day a good-looking marriageable kinsman named Jacob showed up, looking for a haven from his brother's rage, and Leah fell in love at once. It didn't surprise her at all that Jacob saw only Rachel. But surely, as the two sisters worked and lived alongside Jacob for seven years, he would come to realize that Leah was the one he ought to marry...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609082017
Publisher:	Deseret Book Company
Publication date:	11/02/2010
Series:	Women of Genesis Series , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	739,243
File size:	455 KB

About the Author

Orson Scott Card is one of the nation's most acclaimed and bestselling authors. He has been the recipient of numerous awards. His novel Stone Tables was honored by Booklist as one of its top 10 Christian novels for 1999. Mr. Card's Sarah: Women of Genesis was the first of a trilogy about women of the Bible, and the second installment in that series, Rebekah, will be released this fall. Mr. Card's works have been translated into many languages, including Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, and Swedish. In addition to writing novels, Mr. Card has written plays, short stories and nonfiction works, including two books on writing. Born in Riceland, Washington, he grew up in California, Arizona and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He received degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. He currently lives with his wife Kristine and family in Greensboro, North Carolina. Each of their children is named after a famous writer.

Hometown:

Greensboro, North Carolina

Date of Birth:

August 24, 1951

Place of Birth:

Richland, Washington

Education:

B.A. in theater, Brigham Young University, 1975; M.A. in English, University of Utah, 1981

Website:

http://www.hatrack.com

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"This series is definitely for those interested in women in the Bible, and in such novels as The Red Tent."—Kliatt

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This series is definitely for those interested in women in the Bible, and in such novels as The Red Tent.” —Kliatt

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