Journal Entry 1 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Monday, October 30, 2006

In this third volume of his Women of Genesis series, Orson Scott Card paints a vivid picture of the intertwined lives of four celebrated women. We meet Leah, the oldest daughter of Laban, whose "tender eyes" prevent her from fully participating in the daily work of her nomadic family, and Rachel, the spoiled younger daughter, the petted and privileged beauty of the family -- or so it seems to Leah. There is also Bilhah, an orphan who is not quite a slave but not really a family member, a young woman desperately searching to fit in, and Zilpah, who knows only how to use her beauty to manipulate men as she strives to secure for herself something better than the life of drudgery and servitude into which she has been born. Into the desert camp comes Jacob, a handsome and charismatic kinsman who is clearly destined to be Rachel's husband. But that doesn't prevent the other women from vying for his attention. Tracing their lives from childhood to maturity, Card shows how these women change each other -- and are changed again by the holy books that Jacob brings with him. Ambition, jealousy, fear, and love motivate them as they vie for the attention of Jacob, heir to the spiritual birthright of Abraham and Isaac. 

Journal Entry 2 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Monday, November 20, 2006

This was a more complex story since it involved the life of 4 women. Rachel, Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah. Rachel was promised to Jacob and Jacob became Laban's bondservant for 7 years to make her his wife. We see in those 7 years how all the young ladies change the way they acted because of Jacob's influence and God's word. 

Journal Entry 3 by Lizabeth86 from Middletown, Connecticut USA on Monday, December 18, 2006

Thanks cheesy for sending this. I am looking forward to reading this and the other books that are part of the Women of Genesis series that I have.

Reserved for Tranq1 in VBB. 

Journal Entry 4 by Lizabeth86 at Middletown, Connecticut USA on Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Mailed 2/14/2012 

Journal Entry 5 by tranq1 at Tampa, Florida USA on Monday, March 05, 2012

Recieved for the NEW It's Your Turn VBB from Lizabeth86. I am looking forward to reading it.