Herod's Wife

by Madison Jones

A timely new novel evocative of the biblical story of the beheading of John the Baptist by a major American writer.

Hugh Helton, a prosperous attorney in a progressive town, has married his brother's ex-wife, Nora. As Hugh negotiates his relationships with his new spouse, her daughter, Jean, and parish priest Father John Riley, Nora's growing hate for the church into which they were all born and from which they have all lapsed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817350144
• ISBN13: 9780817350147
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.6"