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'The year is 3790 in the Hebrew calendar: 30 AD. A young man is travelling the countryside around the Sea of Galilee preaching a message of love and justice; a prophet is being made, and a martyr. But that story is well known. The young preacher, then known as Joshua of Nazareth, had a sister at home. Of her, we know nothing at all.
'The Book of Rachael is the story of a fiercely intelligent child consigned by her sex to a life of ignorance and drudgery. But Rachael fights her destiny, secretly learning the forbidden skills of literacy from her father Yosef and her brother. And when she falls in love with Joshua's closest friend, Judah of Iscariot, it even seems that Rachael will find happiness in her constrained world.
'Then a message comes from Joshua. He is on his way to Jerusalem for Passover. He plans to speak out in the Temple against the corrupt establishment, and he asks for Judah's help. And so begins the chain of tragic events that will change not just Rachael's life, but the world—forever.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To the women of my family, and to every woman still struggling for a place in history.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review of Lesslie Cannold's The Book of Rachel
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Perilous Adventures , vol. 11 no. 2 2011;
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
If Jesus Had a Sister
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 June 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
Old Story Gets a Bold New Heroine
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 May 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
The Gospel According to the Long-Lost Sister
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 16 April 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
Review : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 April 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel
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Review :The Book of Rachael
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
Joys in Fresh Sweep of Faith
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 April 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
A Testament to Women
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 April 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
Review : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 April 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
The Gospel According to the Long-Lost Sister
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 16 April 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of The Book of Rachael 2011 single work novel -
The Gospel Truth?
Eloise Keating
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 38) -
Resurrecting the Lost Sister
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 2 April 2011; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-24 April 2011; (p. 28-29)
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