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Daughter: A Novel of the Woman Who Touched Jesus
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 14 2026
Pages: 426
Weight: 1.13
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A woman hidden by shame. A road crowded with urgency. One touch that changes everything.
In Daughter, Samuel Ashford reimagines the Gospel story of the woman who touched Jesus with an emotionally rich biblical historical fiction novel rooted in Mark 5, Matthew 9, and Luke 8. Set in Magdala, this Christian historical novel follows Adina, a gifted young woman whose life once moved with order, work, family, and hope. But a long affliction has slowly stripped those things away, leaving her shut out from ordinary touch, public belonging, and the future she expected.
As Adina's world narrows, the novel lingers over the daily cost of hidden suffering. Her father's dye house, the strain within her household, the memory of love that can no longer stand, and the constant pressure of being seen as a condition instead of a person all deepen the ache at the center of this Scripture-based fiction. This is not only a Bible story retelling. It is a deeply felt portrait of grief, social risk, and the quiet exhaustion of carrying pain through ordinary days.
Rather than treating the miracle as a brief moment, Daughter unfolds the emotional and historical texture around it. The streets of Magdala, the weight of family duty, the fear of public exposure, and the fragile movement of hope all sharpen the stakes. This literary biblical novel gives the woman in the crowd an imagined life without changing the fixed scriptural core: long suffering, desperate faith, a touch in secret, truth told in public, and the word of peace that follows.
Then word spreads that Jesus is near.
What follows is a faith and healing novel shaped by urgency, trembling hope, and the public risk of stepping into a crowd that has already judged her. As Jairus runs for help and the town stirs with expectation, Adina must decide whether to remain hidden or press forward toward the only hope she has left. Can one act of desperate faith break through years of shame? Can a woman pushed to the edge of the room find her way back into the light?
Daughter blends the intimacy of women's biblical fiction with the emotional depth of Christian women's fiction and the atmosphere of a literary biblical novel. The result is a moving Jesus miracle novel about suffering, dignity, mercy, and restoration. Readers who love biblical fiction about women, historical Christian fiction, and novels of faith under pressure will find a story that is tender, immersive, and spiritually resonant without losing its human weight.
This novel offers an immersive reading experience shaped by biblical historical fiction, quiet emotional intensity, and the hope of being seen by Christ. It invites readers into a world of family strain, social exclusion, grief, endurance, and holy interruption, then carries that tension toward one unforgettable encounter on a crowded road. Expect a story marked by reverent imagination, emotional realism, and the deep relief of restoration after shame.
This Book Is For Readers Who...
- want biblical historical fiction grounded in the Gospel accounts
- enjoy Christian historical novels centered on women's inner lives
- are drawn to the story of the woman who touched Jesus
- appreciate faith-filled fiction about shame, healing, and restoration
- want a Bible story retelling with literary texture and emotional depth
- enjoy Scripture-based fiction with strong atmosphere and spiritual resonance
Perfect For Readers Who Enjoy...
- women of the Bible fiction
- Christian women's fiction
- Magdala historical fiction
- emotionally rich biblical novels
- stories of hidden suffering and public restoration
A story of long affliction, courageous faith, and the peace that follows being named at last.
Step into the crowd and enter Adina's story.
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