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  The Red Tent

 
The Red Tent
Author:    Anita Diamant
ISBN:    9781741756470
ISBN-10:    1741756472
Publisher:    Allen & Unwin
Format:    Paperback Book
Pages:    432
Language:    English
Edition:    10th Anniversary edition
RRP: $23.95
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Book Description:
'My name means nothing to you. My memory is dust. This is not your fault or mine. The chain connecting mother to daughter was broken and the word passed to the keeping of men, who had no way of knowing. That is why I became a footnote, my story a brief detour between the well-known history of my father Jacob, and the celebrated chronicle of Joseph, my brother.' Lost to the history by the chronicles of men, here at last is the dazzling story of Dinah, Jacob's only daughter in the Book of Genesis. Moving panoramically from Mesopotamia to Canaan to Egypt, The Red Tent is robustly narrated by Dinah, from her upbringing by the four wives of Jacob, to her growth into one of the most influential women of her time. Seeking to preserve not only her own remarkable experiences but those of a long-ago era of womanhood left largely undocumented by the original male scribes and later Biblical scholars, Dinah breaks a male silence that has lasted for centuries, revealing the ancient origins of many contemporary religious practices and sexual politics. The result is a beautiful, thought-provoking novel.


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Category: Fiction - Historical
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Review by Jessica 
When was the last time you read a book that you couldn't stop thinking about between chapters? While reading this, I'd come into work and spend my whole day wondering about the fate of Dinah, her mothers, her brothers. I felt her loves and heartbreaks as though my own.

Set in biblical times, this is the story of Jacob's only daughter. Her tale made me realise how far the plight of women has come, and how sometimes that may not necessarily be altogether positive.

You'll become absorbed beyond belief. A book every woman should read.

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