# The Handmaid and the Carpenter

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- Book: [The Handmaid and the Carpenter](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-berg/the-handmaid-and-the-carpenter) ([The Handmaid and the Carpenter.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-berg/the-handmaid-and-the-carpenter.md))
- Authors: [Elizabeth Berg](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-berg)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4550-591-0
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2008-10-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This wonderful novel transports us to Nazareth in biblical times, where we meet Mary and Joseph–and understand them as never before: young, in love, and suddenly faced with an unexpected pregnancy....