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The Book Of The Shepherd
Joann Davis
HarperCollins
February 2009
On Sale: February 1, 2009
187 pages
ISBN: 0061732303
EAN: 9780061732300
Hardcover
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Inspirational
Stone the builder who erects a house that falls
on its occupants. Sever the hands of the criminal who
pilfers livestock or grain or another's garment. Whip the
child who defies an elder. For such is the law and the law
must be obeyed. For generations, these ironclad rules had governed the
people. Nobody questioned whether it was right to humiliate
a child or execute a murderer. An eye for an eye was the way
of the world. But was there another way? When an antiquarian book is discovered in the disheveled
study of an old Vermont farmhouse, the house's new owner has
the volume translated. The result is The Book of the
Shepherd, a timeless story full of life lessons for us
all. Set in a mythical time, in an unnamed land,
The Book of the Shepherd tells the tale of a
shepherd, Joshua, who is troubled by the harsh code of "an
eye for an eye" that governs his world. Called by a dream,
the shepherd sets off on a journey to find "the new way."
Accompanied by Elizabeth, a former slave who is
kind and generous, and David, a boy who must learn to walk
in new shoes, the shepherd knows that "an age of miracles"
will come when the new way is found. But the
journey is not without incident. En route to a cave near the
Great Inland Sea, the travelers meet a cast of extraordinary
characters, including the Storyteller, the Apothecary, the
Blind Man, and the Stranger. Each imparts an important
lesson that pushes the travelers toward their destiny. At
the cave, Joshua must see if he can bring forth secrets long
buried. But he, Elizabeth, and David will also discover that
sometimes what we have been searching for has been inside us
all along.
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