Ann Johnston

Salomé

Fiction

“"Salome is truly a midrashic novel carefully grounded in the biblical narrative. Patti Rutka's way with words leads us into Salome's dance and its consequences and into the world of the Jewish community struggling to find their identity in the Greco Roman world. Salome is a gripping read which carries all the interpersonal and political intrigue arising from the struggles of Herod and Herodias for power and control in a world where men command and women are expected to obey.”