TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Jill Eileen TI - Redeeming grace: Ruth's story T2 - Daughters of the promised land SN - 9780800720360 AV - PS3619.S651.R434 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - History of Biblical events KW - Fiction KW - Leisure Reading KW - Bible fiction N1 - 2 N2 - When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth will hazard the journey to her mother-in-law's homeland. Destitute and downhearted, Naomi resigns herself to a life of bitter poverty, but Ruth holds out hope for a better future. And Boaz may be the one God has chosen to provide it ER -