Hannah,
faithful third daughter of Ishmael has been raised happily in the home
of an honourable man. A woman wholly committed to her Saviour. A woman
who understands Nephi’s love of the scriptures and commitment to the
gospel and secretly longs for such a husband, but finds herself given in
marriage to his older brother, Lemuel.
Through
the women’s eyes, Daughter of Ishmael follows the family of Ishmael as
they commit themselves to Lehi and find their faith tested in the
wilderness. Recounts their struggles there with deaths, births and
apostasy. Tells of their time in Bountiful and the building of a ship.
And their suffering below decks on the Great Irriantum when Laman and
Hannah’s husband, Lemuel battle the Lord Himself in their drive to
defeat Nephi and take control of the family.
Even
their arrival in the Promised Land isn’t without its challenges as they
settle. Pride, envy and greed are planted along with the crops and
Hannah finds herself more and more in the breach, wanting with all her
heart to follow the righteous principles that are so much a part of her,
but thwarted constantly by the actions of her husband and brother by
marriage.
When
the final split becomes necessary, Hannah is torn between the faithful
branch of the family she yearns to follow and the husband and son she is
wholly committed to.
Will
she stay and endure the weight of a hundred, hundred generations of
sin? Or do the unthinkable and leave her family to follow her prophet?"A very enjoyable read! Made me excited to return to the Book of Mormon and read the story of Lehi and his family over again with a new perspective of realness."
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