Alabaster

What Is Most Precious Is Also Most Fragile

Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book Alabaster by Chris Aslan, Lion Hudson
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Author: Chris Aslan ISBN: 9781782642299
Publisher: Lion Hudson Publication: November 18, 2016
Imprint: Lion Fiction Language: English
Author: Chris Aslan
ISBN: 9781782642299
Publisher: Lion Hudson
Publication: November 18, 2016
Imprint: Lion Fiction
Language: English

Maryam is stuck in an abusive marriage, living with her in-laws, in a conservative, toxically religious Middle Eastern setting. A few years back, her father was given a jar of priceless perfume by a dying leper and it seemed as if their fortunes would improve, but then Maryam's father contracted leprosy and was exiled by the village. Maryam and her brother, Eleazar, and sister, Marta, experience the shame and ostracism this brings. The precious jar that was meant to bring them freedom, but it only seems to have brought destruction. But rumours abound concerning a new doctor; perhaps hope is on the horizon...

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Maryam is stuck in an abusive marriage, living with her in-laws, in a conservative, toxically religious Middle Eastern setting. A few years back, her father was given a jar of priceless perfume by a dying leper and it seemed as if their fortunes would improve, but then Maryam's father contracted leprosy and was exiled by the village. Maryam and her brother, Eleazar, and sister, Marta, experience the shame and ostracism this brings. The precious jar that was meant to bring them freedom, but it only seems to have brought destruction. But rumours abound concerning a new doctor; perhaps hope is on the horizon...

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