Ruth's Redemption - Softcover

Banks, Marlene

 
9780802402172: Ruth's Redemption

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Set in the 1800s, Ruth’s Redemption, is an unusual depiction of the lives of slaves and free blacks in pre-Civil War America.  Bo, was educated while a slave.  He was given his freedom and now owns a farm buying slaves for the sole purpose of giving them their freedom. Bo is also a man of God and widower whose life is destined to change when he meets the proud and hard-hearted slave girl, Ruth.

Ruth has known nothing but servitude and brutality since being separated from her mother at age thirteen. Purchased and sold primarily for breeding, her heart is filled with resentment and bitterness.  Ruth wants no part of Bo’s Godly devotion.  Yet Bo is unlike any man she’s known and her experiences with him will leave her forever changed.

A gripping slave era novel, Ruth’s Redemption is a story of love, forgiveness, and redemption. Set against the backdrop of the Nat Turner Rebellion in Tidewater, Virginia, this novel shines the light of God’s unconditional love in the darkness of a culture’s cruel socially accepted inhumanity.

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MARLENE BANKS resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Along with being a prolific writer she has an associate degree in Theology from Rhema Bible Institute in Keysville, VA and is currently studying to initiate a Christian counseling ministry. Marlene is a member of Bethel Deliverance International Church in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. Her work resume includes thirty plus years in nursing and over eight years in business as a coordinator and administrative assistant. She considers her writing a means of evangelizing and relating Christian principles through fiction. It is also Marlene’s goal to bridge the gap between faith-based and secular literature.

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<P>RUTH'S REDEMPTION  12/6/11</P><P> </P><P>Ruth, a proud and defiant slave, has known little kindness since she was taken from her mother at the tender age of thirteen. Sold and purchased for breeding, Ruth's heart is overcome with bitterness. She's paid a high price for being beautiful and strong. Now what she desires and longs for most, as she faces being sold again, is to be free.   </P><P> </P><P>Bo, an ex-slave, is well educated and strong in his faith. Though he tends his farm in Tidewater, his real business is buying slaves to set them free.  He is shaken when he sees Ruth on the auction block.  Freedom for her comes at a high price. Will he be able to pay it?</P><P> </P><P>When Nat Turner, a preacher and self-proclaimed prophet, comes to Tidewater he rallies the blacks there to join the cause for freedom. His stance is clear.  It's time to fight or die trying.  </P><P> </P><P>Three hearts set on freedom. Two men take different paths in their pursuit.  One woman longs for it but cannot seem to grasp what it truly means to be free.</P><P> </P><P>Author Bio:</P><P> </P><P>MARLENE BANKS worked in the nursing and business arenas for more than 30 years. She is a graduate of Rhema Bible Institute in Keysville, Virginia. Her goal as a writer is to respond to God's calling through the creation of inspiring, gripping and realistic stories with an emphasis on African American history. Marlene currently lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </P><P> </P><P> </P><P> </P><P> </P>

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