Hidden Star

Imagine awakening to a new reality revealing a hidden past. A profound experience shared by many descendants of Sephardic Jews who left medieval Spain and Portugal fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, many had converted to Catholicism and established new communities living as Catholics or Protestants but guarding their Jewish heritage. Meet a modern day New Mexican who finds a new family history that now shapes a future where she can finally choose how she wants to live and who she wants to be.

Award(s)
Foreward Indies Winner-silver in Historical Fiction and Religious, Internationanl Latino Book Awards-2nd place, New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards-winner 2016, Western Writers of America- The Spur Finalist, and Women Writing the West-the Willa Finalist
Rights Sold (Countries)
None
Book Website
https://www.hiddenstarbook.com/
Contributor(s)
Corinne Joy Brown
Publisher
FriesenPress
ISBN-13
978-1-4602-7578-8
Publication Date
Feb 26, 2016
Pages
288
Price
$18.99
Tags
#spiritual
#historical
Our Review (4 out of 5 stars)
Multiple narratives spin together with appealing elements of a spiritual journey and a historical quest. Corinne Joy Brown’s "Hidden Star" is a fascinating Southwestern historical novel that ties a small community to the Spanish Inquisition in revelatory ways, incorporating anecdotes from the... Read More