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Title details for Lilah by Marek Halter - Available

Lilah

#3 in series

by Marek Halter
Bernadette Dunne
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Set in the magnificent culture of the Middle East more than four thousand years ago, Lilah is a rich and emotionally resonant story of faith, love, and courage.Living in exile, Lilah is in love with Antinoes, a Persian warrior. They have known each other since they were children, and Antinoes dearly wants to make Lilah his wife. Yet Lilah does not feel she can marry without the blessing of her brother, Ezra. She and Ezra are close, and Lilah knows her brother well—he does not want his sister to have a husband outside their faith. Ezra is a scholar of the laws of Moses, and Lilah believes it is her brother’s destiny to lead the Jewish people back to the Promised Land. While Antinoes pressures her to accept his proposal, Lilah realizes that before she can consider her own happiness, it is her duty to help her brother accomplish the seemingly impossible task that is before him.Putting herself in grave danger, and with the help of Antinoes, Lilah wins Ezra an audience with Artaxerxes II, the King of Kings, who grants permission to lead the exiles on their journey back to the Promised Land. After a hazardous trip across the desert, Lilah, Ezra, and the thousands who join them arrive in Jerusalem. But the hardship of rebuilding the Temple takes its toll, and the religious enthusiasm of some turns to extremism. Ezra, listening to the zealots, orders all non-Jewish wives and their children banished from Jerusalem. Lilah, whose love for Antinoes has never wavered, is horrified by this command. She knows she must now choose between her brother and her conscience, which tells her that the time has come to defy him.Lilah is a timeless story of one woman’s stand against intolerance; it will linger in the reader’s mind long after the last page has been turned.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Canaan Trilogy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 27, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415950593
      • File size: 223403 KB
      • Duration: 07:45:25

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Bernadette Dunne's narration guides readers through Halter's third installment in the Canaan trilogy, telling the story of Lilah, sister of the prophet Ezra. Halter has selected a heroine who must choose with whom to ally herself--the Persian Antinoes, a childhood friend who has become her lover, or her zealot brother. During the first part of the audio, Dunne sets up the drama, portraying the emotional intensity of both Lilah and the two men who vie for her loyalty. The second half of the story is epistolary, and Dunne successfully switches gears as she recounts Lilah's difficult travel and subsequent life in Jerusalem in tones that reveal her emotional growth and personal strength. S.H.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Ellen Reilly brings the story of Lilah, sister of Ezra, the biblical prophet, to life. Perhaps not many are familiar with the story of Ezra, which takes place more than four thousand years ago during a sad time in Israel's history. Lilah is torn between her love for her brother, Ezra, and her love for a Persian warrior. She must choose, and her choice will bring far-reaching consequences. All the emotion and turmoil in the story are made real by the talented Ellen Reilly. One can easily feel the heartache, passion, and drama of this book. Fascinating and well worth a listen. N.L. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 17, 2006
      In his final installment of the Canaan Trilogy (Sarah
      ; Zipporah
      ), Halter ambitiously tackles portions of the complicated biblical book of Ezra, which centers on the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple and calls Israel to ethnic and religious purity. In the Persian town of Susa, the beautiful Lilah dreams of marrying her Persian lover and childhood sweetheart, Antinoes. However, her beloved brother Ezra, who has immersed himself in studying the laws of God, refuses to approve of their union since Antinoes is not a Jew. As the story unfolds, with scenes full of rich detail, Lilah becomes the unlikely instrument of gaining royal approval for the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the holy city. However, once there, Ezra orders all non-Jewish wives and children driven away in what is surely one of the most heart-wrenching episodes directly from scripture. A horrified Lilah repudiates her brother and leaves with them. As the cast-off women wander unprotected outside the city, rape, murder and mayhem ensue. (It's confusing that Lilah narrates one violent scene, but readers are unsure how she survives it.) As in Sarah
      and Zipporah
      , there is plenty of highly charged sexuality and some imaginative storytelling. Unfortunately, as with its predecessors, the story trails off, and the ending is unsatisfactory.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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