Judith

In the ancient Middle East a pious, wealthy young widow risks her life to save her town from a besieging army. Based on the apocryphal Book of Judith. Judith is a 2015 finalist in the International Book Awards. "The ancient story of Judith of Bethulia is given a powerful heartbeat in this imagining by Leslie Moise," says Anne Marie Jackson, a literary translator & feminist author in London, England. "Moise's writing is immediate and empathetic, her characters vividly drawn. Judith is an engrossing read that you will not want to put down."