The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths by Charlotte Gordon

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The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span><br /><br /><font color="#cc0000"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></font><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://charlottegordonbooks.com/">Charlotte Gordon</a></span></strong><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">and the book:</span> </span></strong><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031611474X">The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths</a></span></strong><br /></p><p align="center">Little, Brown and Company (July 28, 2009) <br /></p><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span> </span></strong></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3hAEmnqZCFA4n-9B2XL0WmnrAC0L20qb_oL7kPUEjx3CQKQSzqaUxzq1ANNaeiu65qs5w2-r-30zEfgJotKK67w1gxQ6GyGtB1j8P7fGAEYKsMsZvDj7lFW9fSfgJMYeh2QqwoVpp_A/s1600-h/charlotte+gordon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3hAEmnqZCFA4n-9B2XL0WmnrAC0L20qb_oL7kPUEjx3CQKQSzqaUxzq1ANNaeiu65qs5w2-r-30zEfgJotKK67w1gxQ6GyGtB1j8P7fGAEYKsMsZvDj7lFW9fSfgJMYeh2QqwoVpp_A/s200/charlotte+gordon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362231555843158162" /></a>Charlotte Gordon graduated from Harvard College and received a Master’s in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in History and Literature from Boston University. She has published two books of poetry and, most recently, the biography Mistress Bradstreet, which was a Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book. From 1999-2001, she taught at Boston University’s School of Theology. Currently, she is an assistant professor of English at Endicott College.<br /><br /><br />Visit the author's <a href="http://charlottegordonbooks.com/">website</a>.<br /><br />Product Details:<br /><br />List Price: $27.99<br />Hardcover: 400 pages <br />Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (July 28, 2009) <br />Language: English <br />ISBN-10: 031611474X <br />ISBN-13: 978-0316114745 <br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:</span> </strong><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaWP-5jFSBlJOm_zVF3odtq0ic8W_4b3fP5WFsCZYIAIxsflnQ60uIj3wc4F7QuFSwxt02sPn1QWS7gxOl6YtF847_SdY3C3G2vQkdftitCcrj0FpG2HXy2lIQuzXjVKSGPM7DhaZI6E/s1600-h/the+woman+who+named+God"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaWP-5jFSBlJOm_zVF3odtq0ic8W_4b3fP5WFsCZYIAIxsflnQ60uIj3wc4F7QuFSwxt02sPn1QWS7gxOl6YtF847_SdY3C3G2vQkdftitCcrj0FpG2HXy2lIQuzXjVKSGPM7DhaZI6E/s200/the+woman+who+named+God" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362230624176870770" /></a><div style="background-image:URL('http://datapipe.libredigital.com/img/HBG/WidgetBackGround.jpg'); width:189px; height:236px; background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding-top: 31px;"> <img src="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/content/93D26357D3C382D3B71666E776261626775716B7A7978777675747C16342B2C5F57736F44565A417960505A514545406178181C1E1819111716141B15181F0F2928252C2C263A6272666571617E336A696C6162652C666E6A6775666C6E2.jpg" style="border:1px solid #E6E6E6;margin:5;"/> </div> <div style="text-align:center;"> <a href="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/bil?nmB7j4jIAgz3TQ3aYDZFCja%2B33p93QDUIzj0IOGHhQP3ZbVDZC0BLq%2B1SOlnh%2Fo0%2F1%2FWXBtHYeiMdYMrZqjDZaBmlMBXw36bpC2nNSzdiko%3D" target="_new"> <img src="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/img/HBG/BrowseInsideBook.jpg" style="border:0px;"/> </a> </div> <div style="text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px;"> <a href="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/eolink?nmB7j4jIAgz3TQ3aYDZFCja%2B33p93QDUIzj0IOGHhQPrPzsER4odAo3w%2B1scd9VTv2WRuMY2K6BJpYxJZFIn3w%3D%3D" target="_new"> <img src="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/img/HBG/GetForYourSite.jpg" style="border:0px;"/> </a> </div> </div>

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Charlotte Gordon

and the book:

The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths

Little, Brown and Company (July 28, 2009)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Charlotte Gordon graduated from Harvard College and received a Master’s in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in History and Literature from Boston University. She has published two books of poetry and, most recently, the biography Mistress Bradstreet, which was a Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book. From 1999-2001, she taught at Boston University’s School of Theology. Currently, she is an assistant professor of English at Endicott College.


Visit the author's website.

Product Details:

List Price: $27.99
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (July 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031611474X
ISBN-13: 978-0316114745

AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER: