Linda Caddick: 3 books

This vivid story of love triumphing over human weakness plunges you into a vibrant drama in 1st century Israel. "In her mind’s eye, she saw herself cowering as the blur of that first stone hurtled towards her, its keen edge cutting into the soft flesh of her neck. Then another, striking her...

At a time when a famous rabbi walked the streets of Jerusalem, a shrewd young woman, bored, lonely, and oppressed by her role as the wife of a prominent Pharisee, seeks significance in a lofty ambition to change the course of history. In defiance of her husband's strong antipathy to this controversial...

Is any sacrifice too great for the Kingdom of Light? Marriage and motherhood brings happiness beyond Shana’s expectations. Safe in her small agricultural community, the recent outbreak of persecution against the ‘followers of the Way’ in Jerusalem is distant enough not to affect her, and she...