Sara: In this novel, Abraham is seen through his wife’s eyes. The reader is swept away to the Middle Bronze Age, to the people of the flood, to Abraham’s weaknesses and his journey of faith, confronted with the Being of God.

Hanna: Hanna is childless. Her husband must have sons, and after nine years, he marries Peninnah. Hanna struggles with Peninnah’s presence and fertility. Will Hanna find peace? With herself and Peninnah? Will God light her lamp again and drive away the darkness?

Maretha Maartens is well-known and popular as a writer of spiritual books and diaries, novels, short stories, children’s books, teen books, and novels for young adults. Many of her books won awards and have been translated. She is also an experienced columnist who has contributed to Volksblad, Vrouekeur, Rooi Rose, Finesse, and LiG.