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Up from Dust by Heather Kaufman

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UP FROM DUST
By: Heather Kaufman

Bethany House Publishers
February 2024
On Sale: January 23, 2024
Featuring: Martha
352 pages
ISBN: 1540903567
EAN: 9781540903563
Kindle: B0C9S27VC2
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Historical | Christian Biblical Fiction

Martha of Bethany is no stranger to adversity. After her mother's untimely death, Martha shoulders the responsibility of raising her siblings--quiet and studious Lazarus, and wild and rambunctious Mary. She finds solace in friendship and the beginnings of first love, but just as Martha begins to imagine a new future, hardship strikes again and her dreams crumble into dust.

Ten years later, Martha's friend pleads for the new teacher, Jesus of Nazareth, to come and heal her husband. When Martha discovers that the carpenter-rabbi is connected to her past, she's not sure she can trust him with her future. But as he continues to perform miracles, the invitation to believe becomes harder to resist, renewing Martha's hardened heart, even as she faces an unknown future.