Tabitha’s only child was killed by Herod’s soldiers at Bethlehem. Thirty-three years later she searches for the one woman who can unlock her grief. With an authentic voice and a mother’s insight, Clement opens a new window on “the greatest story over told” for adults and older children alike.

Nathanael and Tabitha's house was on the edge of town, by the north gate, and from their roof top one could see the rocky hills, the grazing pastures, the brown sheep cropping slowly and at peace. It was a good house, with a large room and a neat well-swept court open to the sun and sheltered from the wind. All day little Eliab played at his mother's feet...