Sarah by Marek Halter

Sarah by Marek Halter

Sarah's story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah balks at the marriage her father has planned for her. On her wedding day, she impulsively fl ees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls, where she meets a young man named Abram, son of a tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends one night with him and reluctantly returns to her father's house. But on her return, she secretly drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thus unfi t for marriage.
Many years later, Abram returns to Ur and discovers that the lost, rebellious girl from the marsh has been transformed into a splendid woman--the high priestess of the goddess Ishtar. But Sarah gives up her exalted life to join Abram's tribe and follow the one true God, an invisible deity who speaks only to Abram. It is then that her journey truly begins.
From the great ziggurat of Ishtar to the fertile valleys of Canaan to the bedchamber of the mighty Pharaoh himself, Sarah's story reveals an ancient world full of beauty, intrigue, and miracles.

Marek Halter is an author, educator, and activist who has written over twenty books, including the best-selling Sarah from his Canaan trilogy. Halter and his family fled the Warsaw ghetto when he was a small child in 1940. He is the founder of SOS Racisme and the International Committee for Peace in the Middle East.

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ISBN 13	9781400052783
ISBN 10	1400052785
Title	Sarah
Author	Marek Halter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-04-26
Number of pages	336
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