As three women attend an awards ceremony in their honor, they relive their complicated personal and religious journeys. While listening to the speakers, each struggles with a difficult choice she must make by the end of the evening that will forever change her life. Mona Sullivan seeks peace and certitude when she becomes a nun, but must adjust to tumultuous changes in her Church. As she becomes an activist public figure, she must decide whether to stay in the Church or leave to become an Episcopal priest. Sandra Miller embarks on a long and difficult journey to become a rabbi at a time when women weren’t accepted. Now she must choose between her childhood sweetheart and her successful career. Reverend Elizabeth Adams builds a Presbyterian congregation with her husband, but he leaves her for a younger woman. She discovers she’s a lesbian and faces a difficult choice between her same-sex relationship and her career. Set between 1940 and 1990, the story follows the civil rights struggles that revolutionized every major institution—including religion. Real events and figures lend Hear My Voice impressive authenticity and relevance, making it a must-read for people of all faiths.

Hear My Voice

Literature & Fiction

Rudin, Marcia R.

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

In 1905, 
Rebecca leaves her Jewish shtetl in the Ukraine to join her fiancé, Samuel, in Milwaukee. Ingrid leaves her orphanage in Norway to become the Picture Bride of Lars, a widowed Norwegian farmer in North Dakota. But as Rebecca and Ingrid are processed together at Ellis Island, officials put them on the wrong trains and each is sent to the other’s final destination. Lars takes Rebecca to his farm and promises to help her find her way back to Samuel. Samuel convinces his family to take Ingrid in until they can locate Rebecca and return her to Lars. Alone in a strange country and unable to speak English, Ingrid and Rebecca struggle against conflicting religions and cultures. It is hatred at first sight for the feisty Ingrid and Samuel and his Jewish family. Lars does not understand Rebecca’s traditional Jewish practices. Both women attempt to escape to find their promised new lives in America, but fail and reluctantly return to their alien environments to build new lives. After nearly a year, Samuel and Ingrid journey to the isolated farm in North Dakota, but the love that has blossomed between Lars and Rebecca threatens to destroy everything.

Flower Toward the Sun

Romance

Historical

As three women attend an awards ceremony in their honor, they relive their complicated personal and religious journeys. While listening to the speakers, each struggles with a difficult choice she must make by the end of the evening that will forever change her life. Mona Sullivan seeks peace and certitude when she becomes a nun, but must adjust to tumultuous changes in her Church. As she becomes an activist public figure, she must decide whether to stay in the Church or leave to become an Episcopal priest. Sandra Miller embarks on a long and difficult journey to become a rabbi at a time when women weren’t accepted. Now she must choose between her childhood sweetheart and her successful career. Reverend Elizabeth Adams builds a Presbyterian congregation with her husband, but he leaves her for a younger woman. She discovers she’s a lesbian and faces a difficult choice between her same-sex relationship and her career. Set between 1940 and 1990, the story follows the civil rights struggles that revolutionized every major institution—including religion. Real events and figures lend Hear My Voice impressive authenticity and relevance, making it a must-read for people of all faiths.

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Biographies & Memoirs

Rudin, James

Jaffe, Hirshel

Leaders & Notable People

Ipub Global Connection,LLC

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