Love in a Broken Vessel
A Novel
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An epic journey of intimacy, rejection, betrayal . . . and hope
God gives Hosea a difficult command鈥攎arry a prostitute in order to show God鈥檚 people the nature and depth of His love for Israel. When Hosea goes to Israel to proclaim the Lord鈥檚 message, the woman God directs him to marry turns out to be his childhood friend Gomer. He finds her broken and abused, unwilling to trust Hosea or his God. But when marrying Hosea becomes her only means of escape, Gomer does what she鈥檚 good at鈥攕he survives. Can Hosea鈥檚 love for God and God鈥檚 love for Israel restore Gomer鈥檚 broken spirit?
With her powerful combination of in-depth research and masterful storytelling, Mesu Andrews brings to life one of the most complex and fascinating stories of love and forgiveness in the face of utter betrayal.
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鈥淎ndrews鈥檚 research shines through on every page as she delves deeply into the cultural, historical, and biblical records to create this fascinating and multilayered tale.鈥濃�擟BA Retailers + Resources on Love Amid the Ashes
鈥淎ndrews weaves a beautiful tale and takes readers to an ancient Jerusalem rich with history and customs and a culture that struggles to follow the one true God. This novel is well researched and well told.鈥濃�擱T Book Reviews, 4陆 stars, on Love鈥檚 Sacred Song
鈥淎ndrews breathes life into her characters.鈥濃�擫ibrary Journal on Love鈥檚 Sacred Song
Mesu Andrews is the author of Love Amid the Ashes and Love鈥檚 Sacred Song. Winner of the 2012 ECPA award for Best New Author, she is an active speaker who has devoted herself to passionate and intense study of Scripture. Harnessing her deep understanding and love for God鈥檚 Word, Andrews brings the biblical world vividly alive for her readers. She lives in Washington.
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Mesu Andrews is a Christy Award-winning, bestselling author of biblical novels and devotional studies, whose deep understanding of and love for God's Word brings the Bible alive for readers. Her heritage as a "spiritual mutt" has given her a strong...
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"Mesu Andrews has pieced 'together Scripture's truths with historical supposition' through her masterful, research-based writing and captured the spiritual climate of those ancient days. Harsh realities of that era . . . may be difficult for some readers to handle, but overall, biblical fiction fans will find it a powerful story of God's redeeming love and forgiveness that's as relevant now as it was then."
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