After reading Where We Belong by Lynn Austin and realizing it was loosely based on the real-life stories of Scottish twin sisters Agnes and Margaret Smith, I wanted to check out the biography of these larger-than-life ladies themselves.
The Sisters of Sinai by Janet Soskice was a very different read for me, since I don't usually read biographies. So it was a different voice, purpose, etc. But I enjoyed traveling with these ladies and their unique challenges of journeying multiple times to the Middle East to explore Bible lands and to uncover ancient manuscripts. Being that women could not earn university degrees at this point, their scholarship was all the more remarkable—and paved the way for women today.
The Sisters of Sinai by Janet Soskice was a very different read for me, since I don't usually read biographies. So it was a different voice, purpose, etc. But I enjoyed traveling with these ladies and their unique challenges of journeying multiple times to the Middle East to explore Bible lands and to uncover ancient manuscripts. Being that women could not earn university degrees at this point, their scholarship was all the more remarkable—and paved the way for women today.
If you like biographies, then this is definitely worth the read. You can buy this book here on Amazon!
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