The road home / Tommy Tenney & Mark Andrew Olsen.
The Road Home is a modern adaptation of the Old Testament Bible story of Naomi and Ruth. The novel is set in present-day Las Vegas, Nevada where Naomi and her two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, are all widowed. As part of their grieving, the three pile into Naomi s 1976 Impala make a stop at a place called Dead Horse Point near Moab, Utah. Here, Naomi recalls precious family memories as Ruth and Orpah spread the ashes of their beloved husbands. With not much of life to return to in Las Vegas, Naomi decides to leave the shimmering Sin City and pilgrimage back to her humble hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Naomi, planning to make the trip cross-country alone, drops Ruth and Orpah off at a bus station in Moab. Ruth, refusing to let her mother-in-law make the trip alone, jumps off the bus and joins Naomi for what will be a life changing journey for both.
Record details
- ISBN: 0764203304
- ISBN: 9780764203305
- Physical Description: 395 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
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- 22 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC TEN (Text) | 37810435024103 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
