Anita Diamant's fictionalization of what may have happend to Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob and Leah from the Old Testament. It begins with the story of her mothers--the four women Jacob married--and continues on to Dinah's own life within the tribe of Jacob and beyond. I enjoyed the description of life in tents in Canaan and then in Egyptian houses. Diamant did a fantastic job researching and portraying the cultures of the time. I love reading about a place and a time that I will never see. The only part that irritated me was the overly dramatic view of womanhood being something to worship. As a feminist I am delighted to read about a world of women not pictured in a familiar story, but....I am not really into celebrating my period every month--or those of other women. Call it Westernized puritanism, but I don't want to hear about it. Other than that, I recommend this book as a well told story set in a beautiful place.
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