This engaging prequel to Joseph Girzone s bestselling series, which has sold more than 5 million books in the United States, describes Joshua s early years and the first inklings of his destiny as a messenger of love in a troubled world. Millions of readers around the world have followed the story of the gentle woodcarver and carpenter who was first introduced in 1983 in Joseph Girzone s beloved parable Joshua. In Joshua s Family, Girzone travels back in time, painting a captivating portrait of the mother and father who nurtured Joshua and of the friends and neighbors who viewed the unusually precocious child with an uneasy balance of wonder and skepticism."
