Anita Diamant
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June 27, 1951
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The United States
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Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
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Anita Diamant is a prizewinning journalist whose work has appeared regularly in the Boston Globe Magazine and Parenting magazine. She is the author of six books about contemporary Jewish practice, one collection of autobiographical essays (Pitching My Tent) and three prior novels. The Red Tent, her first novel, was a national bestseller and the Booksense Book of the Year. Good Harbor and The Last Days of Dogtown were both national bestsellers. Diamant lives in Massachusetts with her husband and daughter.
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Anita Diamant on tour for book "The Red Tent: A Novel: Tenth Anniversary Edition"
Author appearance, November 16, 2009 07:00PM
Rockport Public Library, 17 School St, Rockport, MA, The United States
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Rockport Public Library, 17 School St, Rockport, MA, The United States
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Anita Diamant at Porter Square Books
Author appearance, December 08, 2009 04:00PM
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge, MA, The United States
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Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge, MA, The United States
Talk/Booksigning. Get more on Anita Diamant at SimonandSchuster.com
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Author appearance, December 30, 2009 04:00PM
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Author appearance, December 30, 2009 04:00PM
Andover Bookstore, 89 Main Street # R, Andover, MA, The United States
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Anita Diamant
"Writing about the ancient Near East in 1500 B.C.E. means that no one can really challenge my recipe for goat stew. The closer you get to modern times, the easier it is to make mistakes...My goal, in all my novels, is to convey a sense of how it might have happened, and what it might have felt like." ...More
"Writing about the ancient Near East in 1500 B.C.E. means that no one can really challenge my recipe for goat stew. The closer you get to modern times, the easier it is to make mistakes...My goal, in all my novels, is to convey a sense of how it might have happened, and what it might have felt like." ...More
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"If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter."
— Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)
— Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)
"The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place."
— Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)
— Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)
"I wanted to cry, but I realized that I was too old for that. I would be a woman soon and I would have to learn how to live with a divided heart."
— Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)
— Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)
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