Bystanders: Echoes of Stories Past by Valerie Volk (English) Paperback Book

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Who remembers the onlookers of big events? Such bystanders as the deposed queen Vashti, the blood-stained murdering grandmother Athaliah, or the desperately searching mother Phoebe? Here Volk has created 15 characters on the edges of familiar Biblical events. With psychological insight, she gives a new perspective on stories we thought we knew.

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Who remembers the onlookers on the sidelines of big events? Such bystanders as the deposed queen Vashti, the blood-stained murdering grandmother Athaliah, the bluff soldier in King David's army, or the desperately searching mother Phoebe? In Bystanders Valerie Volk has created fifteen absorbing characters on the edges of familiar Biblical events. With psychological insight and compassion, she gives a new perspective on stories we thought we knew.

Author Biography

Valerie Volk is an award-winning Adelaide writer of poetry, verse novels, short stories, travel tales and longer fiction. A self-confessed voyeur of other people's lives, she is fascinated by the perennial question 'What if ...?'Valerie loves all music - especially classical, opera and jazz - travel and cats, not necessarily in that order, but she loves writing most of all.

Long Description

Who remembers the onlookers on the sidelines of big events? Such bystanders as the deposed queen Vashti, the blood-stained murdering grandmother Athaliah, the bluff soldier in King David's army, or the desperately searching mother Phoebe? In Bystanders Valerie Volk has created fifteen absorbing characters on the edges of familiar Biblical events. With psychological insight and compassion, she gives a new perspective on stories we thought we knew. 'Valerie Volk takes us on a different journey of understanding, through the intensely plausible thoughts and words from minor Biblical characters ... This book deserves a place not just for enjoyable reading but also as an aid to better understanding of Scripture.' - Rev. Dr Lynn Arnold, AO 'Reading Bystanders was like attending a reunion of people I used to know when I was a child ... The characters in Volk's collection of stories were present at pivotal times in history and are richly and skilfully evoked.' - Jude Aquilina 'Bystanders takes the reader into the lives of individuals who make fleeting appearances in the Bible, looking on as events swirl around the main characters ... Volk's prose is beautifully written and she exhibits a very clever ability to use a "stream of consciousness" dialogue to tell a story.' - Kym Boxall, SM 'The appendix contains a ready-made source of stimulating questions that venture into many of today's issues such as domestic violence, family relationships, roles and rights of women, greed and exploitation.' - Stephen Rudolph

Details ISBN1743053797 Author Valerie Volk Publisher Wakefield Press Year 2015 ISBN-10 1743053797 ISBN-13 9781743053799 Format Paperback Imprint Wakefield Press Place of Publication Kent Town Country of Publication Australia Publication Date 2015-05-28 Short Title BYSTANDERS Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 178 UK Release Date 2015-05-28 NZ Release Date 2015-05-28 Subtitle Echoes of Stories Past Alternative 9781862549760 Audience General AU Release Date 2015-05-27 We've got this

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