About
Athird-generation native Arizonan, Susan Wells Bennett was born andraised in Phoenix. As a child, she wrote a letter to then-PresidentCarter that was published in a local daily newspaper. From then on, shewanted to be a writer when she grew up – that, or President. Atsixteen, she left Arizona to attend Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri,for two years. Returning to Arizona, she attended Arizona StateUniversity as an English major. She spent a fair amount of the nextdecade trying to escape the Southwest, but never succeeded.Susan workedin and around the real estate and home-building industries for themajority of the last two decades, a career that evolved into a positionas a writer and editor for one of the nation’s largest homebuilders. In2009, with the support of her husband, she began writing novelsfulltime. To date, she has completed four novels and is working on herfifth.She has no plans to run for political office in the near future.
Love Triangles: Discovering Jesus the Jew in Today's Israel
Description
<p>A Jewish woman’s unconventional quest to find Jesus in modern Israel<br /><br />With candor and an intimate knowledge of the Land and its people, Bobbie Ann Cole takes you on some intriguing time travel, such as to the ceremonial slaughtering of Passover lambs in the nearby temple as Jesus died on the cross.<br />Her moving and compellingly-written personal story of making Aliyah to Israel with her husband, Butch effectively interweaves Israel’s ancient and modern history with biblical references. She reveals the challenges that have faced Jewish believers from Peter and Paul on down to the present day, including her own. The underlying antagonism of her beloved Israel towards Messianic Jews leaves her sneaking around, keeping her true identity secret.<br />A blend of memoir, travelogue, historical document and investigative journalism, Love Triangles<br />is not about theological principals; it's about love.<br />Discover:<br />• How Jesus used Jewish festivals to underscore His message.<br />• The story of Jesus’ Bar Mitzvah.<br />• Why Jewish atheists may move to Israel but not believer Jews.<br />• Why Judaism rejects Jesus as Messiah.</p>
Story Behind The Book
This is an omnibus of the Brass Monkey Series, which includes Wild Life, Charmed Life, Night Life and New Life. This series follows the adventures of the denizens of the Brass Monkey Bar, on the outskirts of Sun City, a retirement community in Arizona.