The Lions Den, V. Gilbert Beers
The Lions Den, V. Gilbert Beers
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The Lions' Den

Author: V. Gilbert Beers, Ronald A. Beers

Narrator: Bill Russel

Unabridged: 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2022


Synopsis

Children’s All-Time Favorite Bible Stories is a series of 8 books with 18 classic Bible stories in each one. Written at approximately a fifth grade reading level by V. Gilbert Beers and Ronald A. Beers, both respected authors with over one hundred books for children to their credit.Stories included in this book are:David Is Kind to MephiboshethDavid and BathshebaAbsalom Rebels Against DavidDavid Buys a Threshing FloorDavid Plans the TempleSolomon’s WisdomSolomon Builds the TempleSolomon Is Rich and FamousSolomon Turns from GodRavens Feed ElijahA New Room for ElishaNaaman the Leper Is HealedThe Story of JonahDaniel Refuses to Eat the King’s FoodThe Fiery FurnaceThe Handwriting on the WallDaniel in the Lions’ DenThe Story of Queen Esther

Reviews

A main character fighting against the odds, filled with grit from start to finish… We are taken to Zambia where we meet a Grace Zulu, she recently became a lawyer after beating all the odds. She grew up in a village where they only expected her to get married, have children and raise them. Against......more

Goodreads review by Tara

Iris Mwanza takes on the controversial topic of gay rights and the stigmatism towards AIDS in Africa in her debut novel, The Lions' Den. She did a wonderful job writing this unique novel and you don't have to be part of the LGBTQ+ community to enjoy it. Iris goes beyond sexual orientation and focuse......more

Goodreads review by Dima

The story is set in the early 90s, in the last days of Zambia's dictatorship. Our protagonist Grace is a newly qualified lawyer, who comes from a poor rural background, and trying to make sense of urban life, prejudices, politics, and social norms around her. The driving force behind the story is th......more

Goodreads review by Tanja

A lot happens in this short novel, and it brings home the AIDS crisis and the hateful ways the LGBTQ community is treated, especially in Africa. I like that the story was told from Grace’s point of view, as a young female lawyer fresh from the villages who saw how AIDS can ravage a family, but also......more

I thought the story was so good and loved the afterword from the author that she wanted to write something about the violence queer people in Zambia suffer, but didn't want to write from a perspective she knew nothing about and thus decided to write this book about a lawyer defending a boy for being......more