Title: Miriam's Song
Author: Jill Eileen Smith
Genre: Biblical Fiction
She has prayed for deliverance from Egypt.
But perhaps the greatest liberation happens within the heart.
From the very beginning, Miriam has lived in her younger brother's shadow. Thrust into the role of protective older sister before Moses was even born, she will grow up into a woman who not only keeps her family's secret but bears the burden of leading a new nation.
In her mind, she knows that she is serving both her God and her people. But in her heart, Miriam yearns for more. She longs to experience the privileges Moses has--to talk with God face-to-face. But when God finally does speak directly to her, the outcome is not at all what she expects.
With her impeccable research and keen eye for detail, bestselling author Jill Eileen Smith offers this epic novel to fill in the gaps in Miriam's story, following her from childhood to motherhood, obscurity to notoriety, and yearning to fulfillment as she learns that what God promises He provides--in His own perfect timing.
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About Jill Eileen Smith
Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling and award-winning author of the biblical fiction series The Wives of King David, Wives of the Patriarchs, and Daughters of the Promised Land, as well as The Heart of a King and Star of Persia: Esther's Story. She is also the author of the nonfiction books When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreamsand She Walked Before Us. Her research into the lives of biblical women has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times. Jill lives with her family in southeast Michigan.
You can learn more about Jill at her website and follow her on the following social media platforms. Facebook || Instagram || Twitter
My Thoughts
In Miriam's Song we get the Exodus story from Miriam's point of view. The difficult part in Ms. Smith's undertaking of this is that Exodus is told from Moses' point of view and as Ms. Smith states in her note to the reader "in order to understand Miriam, I had to follow Moses' journey. In doing so I found that I had to give him a point of view, and I also gave one to his wife Zipporah, because all three people saw things from completely different perspectives." Those are a lot of perspectives to understand and create just one character from.
Ms. Smith is a wonderful storyteller; creating characters that you care about and a story that you can get lost in.
I understand that historical authors take liberties with the facts to work them into a cohesive story however, for me, Moses having complete knowledge of the plagues after his encounter with God at the burning bush as well as the plagues correlating with different Egyptian gods was my only negative. I found myself combing through my memory bank and Exodus to see if I missed something which is what I love about biblical fiction. It always takes me right back to the source.
The beauty of the story is the sibling relationship that is shown between Moses and Miriam. No matter the calling on his life Miriam is still his older sister who is looking out for him just like she did as he floated in a basket down the Nile River.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher. I was not required to write a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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