From Sun to Sun presents two parallel stories separated by 25 centuries. The first is set in modern New York City, featuring a hard-working smart-mouthed Latina investigator, Felicity Ortega Pérez, as she hunts for a missing person who holds the clue to an ancient mystery.
The ancient story is a radical revision of the biblical Book of Ruth. When her husband dies under strange circumstances, Ruth must join the exiles returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple in order to secure a future for herself and her grieving mother-in-law, Naomi. Unfortunately, the returning exiles include religious leaders who plan to “purify” the land by expelling all the foreign women.
It is a tale of love, devotion, and sacrifice depicting the challenges facing two determined women as they confront ignorance, hatred, and indifference in their pursuit of justice — a seemingly endless struggle in a time of social upheaval, fluid identities, and diverse cross-cultural complexities. This novel is about who gets to decide who’s one of us and who’s a foreigner, and what it takes to prove you belong.
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Fiction
From Sun to Sun
- From the Publisher
September 1, 2023
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