Catherine J. Craig’s new novel – a three-part saga titled “The Golden Thread”, woven through dramatization and characters-turned-storytellers, contains gripping stories of Jesus Christ's lineage, spanning thirty generations of Old Testament History.
Catherine J. Craig, motivated by her own passionate faith to write this compelling novel, has captured the passion, the drama, and epic beauty of over thirty generations of Jewish history in her new historic fiction work “The Golden Thread”.
By using “story within a story” techniques, a kaleidoscope of experiences ranging from a young boy bullied for his faith to chilling battle scenes holds the reader captive. The story lines derived from the ancestry of Jesus Christ are from the first chapter of the Book of Matthew in the New Testament.
There is something for everyone as the stories’ characters break from their own lives to retell old stories long forgotten. From Abraham’s agonizing growing up years as a young boy in search of the one true God in a polytheistic culture to Mary and Joseph’s Bethlehem pilgrimage from Nazareth, Catherine J. Craig responsibly showcases Jewish history.
Sixteen pages of endnotes at the end of the 458-page novel easily guide the reader back to the Old Testament references, and occasionally from a small number of fictional characters and scenes that have been interjected into the original stories.
“The Golden Thread” by Catherine J. Craig is the perfect gift for anyone unnerved by today’s crises and tomorrow’s uncertainties, casual reading, or someone being introduced to the Bible. Mrs. Craig reassures us in her new book that by examining the past we can gain wisdom for the present and hope for the future.
This book is excellent for all ages and the ideal gift for any occasion. Because one third of the book centers on Mary and Joseph, it makes a thoughtful Christmas present.
This delightful and informative work of fiction is available from Ingram, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Booklocker.com and Books-A-Million.
