The Last Drop of Oil: Adaliah's Story
9781961125568
272 pages
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Overview
The Last Drop of Oil - Adaliah's Story is the fifth book in the Ordinary Women of the Bible fiction series.
A devastating fire threatens the lives of Adaliah's four-year-old son and her abusive husband. In a desperate effort, she faces the raging inferno to rescue her son from certain death. But her husband is left to the fate of the flames and does not survive.
Did she hesitate a moment too long? Could she have saved him if she'd truly wanted to?
Left to cope with the aftermath of the fire, the condemnation of her husband's relatives, and her own guilt, Adaliah struggles to scrape out a living from the ashes of her former life. She is an outcast in the village, thanks to the vicious rumors spread by her stepdaughter.
When she and her son face starvation, a prophet of Yahweh appears, asking for her last drop of oil.
Author Bio
Bestselling author Virginia Smith's first novel was published in 2006. Since then, she's written more than fifty books that have collected a satisfying number of accolades and awards including two Holt Medallion Awards of Merit and a Library Journal top pick. A Kentucky native, Ginny loves to introduce readers to the Bluegrass State in her books (where the grass is green, not blue!) She and her husband live in central Kentucky with a feisty Maltese watchdog named Max.—Central Kentucky
