THE PEARL OF THE WEEK (March 3) – “The Bread of Angels -  A Journey to love and faith” by  Stephanie Saldana.  Purchase at your local bookstore and/or at www.amazon.com.

In 2004, 27 year old Stephanie Saldana arrives in Damascus  with a fellowship to study the role of Jesus in Islam, but speaks very little Arabic, has no friends in the city, and has no place to live.  Still Stephanie does the obnly thing she can think of;  she begins knocking on doors in the Christian Quarter of Damascus, asking strangers if they have a room for rent.  So begins The Bread of Angels, the unforgettable table memoir of one woman’s search for faith, love, and the meaning of her life in the place she least expects to find it.