Told in the retrospective as a letter to her unborn son, Daughter of a Promise is a coming-of-age tale in which a naïve Betsabé assumed leaving her past behind was the prerequisite for succeeding as an adult. The wisdom she ultimately passes on to her child, however, is steeped in the very traditions within which her grandmother raised her back in Miami.
A modern retelling of the legend of Bathsheba and David, this novel is a reminder that the biological forces of desire and love are timeless and complicated.
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Rating: 4 Stars
My Review: This story was gripping and really made me want to watch Suits again. If you enjoy powerful stories with people worth your time, check this one out!
Review
“This is a wonderfully wise book . . . A sagacious and graceful modern-day retelling of a biblical love story.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“ . . . a powerful feminist novel set during a tumultuous year in New York.”
—Foreword Reviews
“Daughter of a Promise is a gripping story of love and ambition set in the high stakes world of investment banking. Jeanne Blasberg tells a story that is both timeless and of the moment—and in Betsabé Ruiz, she has created a heroine worth rooting for.”
—Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year
“Daughter of a Promise a spirited and deep soul. Once more Blasberg trains her acute eye on the beauty, joy, and difficulty of familial love. Her latest novel is both timeless and thoroughly modern.”
—Ivy Pochoda, author of Sing Her Down and These Women
“Daughter of a Promise is a stunning reminder of the enduring nature of love and desire. With richly drawn characters, the novel is a beautiful coming-of-age tale that lays bare the complexities of life and the push to pursue one’s dreams. A must read.”
—Rachel Barenbaum, author of A Bend in the Stars and Atomic Anna
“I defy you to place the characters in this novel into any neat category based on ethnicity, gender, wealth, age, or professional status. In this retelling of an ancient story—with gleaming office towers and stately mansions as its backdrop—Blasberg stands current cultural tropes on their head and masterfully invites us to examine the only power that really matters, our human capacity to learn, grow, nurture, and forgive. Bets is a heroine for our times. I loved this book.”
—Katherine A. Sherbrooke, author of Leaving Coy’s Hill and The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly
“Biblical narratives speak truths of the human condition. Jeanne Blasberg has unearthed these ancient truths and allowed them to blossom into a modern milieu. The intrigue and the drama remain with all the emotion and turmoil that touches the reader’s soul. Jeanne Blasberg launches us into a journey of discovery in this beautifully written novel taken out of the pages of the Bible and given new life through the artistry of her magnificent storytelling.”
—Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel, Boston
“Jeanne Blasberg’s Daughter of a Promise is an engrossing literary novel that defines the start of an era—the COVID-19 pandemic—much as Jay McInerney characterized the downtown Manhattan scene in 1984 with Bright Lights, Big City and as Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker gave us a vision of the wild conduct of Wall Street traders in the 1980s. This is a novel worth savoring . . . and coming back to read again and again.”
—David Hirshberg, author of My Mother’s Son and Jacobo’s Rainbow
“Blasberg aces it again with her masterful handling of a Biblical tale transposed into our modern world with her captivating new novel. Daughter of a Promise is a rich and engaging coming-of-age tale of a young woman who gains her confidence slowly but surely as she casts off conventional wisdom and proffered advice and learns to listen to the deeper—and more timeless—voice that guides her. This is a novel that will remind you to be brave enough to listen to your own inner voice.”
—Deborah Goodrich Royce, award-winning author of Reef Road, Ruby Falls, and Finding Mrs. Ford
“Daughter of a Promise brilliantly captures the intense pulls of love, ambition, and friendship for a young woman starting out in the world. As Betsabé navigates her place in New York after college graduation, she learns truths we all need to know about the balance between duty to others and duty to self. A powerful and tender coming-of-age story.”
—Marjan Kamali, author of The Stationery Shop and Together Tea
“Jeanne Blasberg writes like a dream, and Daughter of a Promise feels like the lovely braiding of a real life rendered and the culmination of a prophecy. All of which to say it is nothing less than biblical in its ambition while it remains entirely grounded in the real. This is a book about love and money, and how both make the world go 'round. I loved every page.”
—Scott Chesire, author of High as the Horses’ Bridles --This text refers to the paperback edition.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“ . . . a powerful feminist novel set during a tumultuous year in New York.”
—Foreword Reviews
“Daughter of a Promise is a gripping story of love and ambition set in the high stakes world of investment banking. Jeanne Blasberg tells a story that is both timeless and of the moment—and in Betsabé Ruiz, she has created a heroine worth rooting for.”
—Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year
“Daughter of a Promise a spirited and deep soul. Once more Blasberg trains her acute eye on the beauty, joy, and difficulty of familial love. Her latest novel is both timeless and thoroughly modern.”
—Ivy Pochoda, author of Sing Her Down and These Women
“Daughter of a Promise is a stunning reminder of the enduring nature of love and desire. With richly drawn characters, the novel is a beautiful coming-of-age tale that lays bare the complexities of life and the push to pursue one’s dreams. A must read.”
—Rachel Barenbaum, author of A Bend in the Stars and Atomic Anna
“I defy you to place the characters in this novel into any neat category based on ethnicity, gender, wealth, age, or professional status. In this retelling of an ancient story—with gleaming office towers and stately mansions as its backdrop—Blasberg stands current cultural tropes on their head and masterfully invites us to examine the only power that really matters, our human capacity to learn, grow, nurture, and forgive. Bets is a heroine for our times. I loved this book.”
—Katherine A. Sherbrooke, author of Leaving Coy’s Hill and The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly
“Biblical narratives speak truths of the human condition. Jeanne Blasberg has unearthed these ancient truths and allowed them to blossom into a modern milieu. The intrigue and the drama remain with all the emotion and turmoil that touches the reader’s soul. Jeanne Blasberg launches us into a journey of discovery in this beautifully written novel taken out of the pages of the Bible and given new life through the artistry of her magnificent storytelling.”
—Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel, Boston
“Jeanne Blasberg’s Daughter of a Promise is an engrossing literary novel that defines the start of an era—the COVID-19 pandemic—much as Jay McInerney characterized the downtown Manhattan scene in 1984 with Bright Lights, Big City and as Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker gave us a vision of the wild conduct of Wall Street traders in the 1980s. This is a novel worth savoring . . . and coming back to read again and again.”
—David Hirshberg, author of My Mother’s Son and Jacobo’s Rainbow
“Blasberg aces it again with her masterful handling of a Biblical tale transposed into our modern world with her captivating new novel. Daughter of a Promise is a rich and engaging coming-of-age tale of a young woman who gains her confidence slowly but surely as she casts off conventional wisdom and proffered advice and learns to listen to the deeper—and more timeless—voice that guides her. This is a novel that will remind you to be brave enough to listen to your own inner voice.”
—Deborah Goodrich Royce, award-winning author of Reef Road, Ruby Falls, and Finding Mrs. Ford
“Daughter of a Promise brilliantly captures the intense pulls of love, ambition, and friendship for a young woman starting out in the world. As Betsabé navigates her place in New York after college graduation, she learns truths we all need to know about the balance between duty to others and duty to self. A powerful and tender coming-of-age story.”
—Marjan Kamali, author of The Stationery Shop and Together Tea
“Jeanne Blasberg writes like a dream, and Daughter of a Promise feels like the lovely braiding of a real life rendered and the culmination of a prophecy. All of which to say it is nothing less than biblical in its ambition while it remains entirely grounded in the real. This is a book about love and money, and how both make the world go 'round. I loved every page.”
—Scott Chesire, author of High as the Horses’ Bridles --This text refers to the paperback edition.
About the Author
Jeanne Blasberg is an award-winning and bestselling author and essayist. Her novel The Nine (SWP 2019) was honored with the 2019 Foreword Indies Gold Award in Thriller & Suspense and the Gold Medal and Juror’s Choice in the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards, among others. Eden (SWP 2017), her debut, won the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and was a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction. A Smith College graduate, Jeanne is both a teacher of writing and a lifetime learner who serves on the boards of the Boston Book Festival and GrubStreet. She reviews contemporary fiction for the New York Journal of Books and was named a Southampton Writer’s Conference BookEnds Fellow in April 2021. She splits her time between Park City, Utah, and a regenerative farm in Verona, Wisconsin. --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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