false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582875m/41329.jpg 4989 28 The red tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness. Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob's daughter Dinah (who only received a glimpse of recognition in the Book of Genesis), we are privy to the fascinating feminine characters who bled within the red tent. In a confiding and poetic voice, Dinah whispers stories of her four mothers, Rachel, Leah, Zilpah, and Bilhah--all wives to Jacob, and each one embodying unique feminine traits. As she reveals these sensual and emotionally charged stories we learn of birthing miracles, slaves, artisans, household gods, and sisterhood secrets. Eventually Dinah delves into her own saga of betrayals, grief, and a call to midwifery.<p> "Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and grudges," Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember." Remembering women's earthy stories and passionate history is indeed the theme of this magnificent book. In fact, it's been said that <I>The Red Tent</I> is what the Bible might have been had it been written by God's daughters, instead of her sons. <I>--Gail Hudson</I> 1041558 1997 The Red Tent total:52062|5:22173|4:18125|3:8337|2:2327|1:1100| 52062 214130 63518 6623 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 2 33 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Dec 23 09:47:21 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 09:35:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 5 32 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Jun 07 07:07:33 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 07:08:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 1 18 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Mon Oct 01 19:20:54 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 19:23:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 113348 0312195516 9780312195519 7325 880 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171676202m/113348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113348.The_Red_Tent 5 18 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 29 13:43:42 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 13:23:52 -0700 2007
I'm a ...more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 2 16 false Sat Jul 14 12:32:57 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 12:36:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 3 13 false Thu Feb 21 13:36:53 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 14:13:53 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 13:36:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 41329 0312427298 9780312427290 2177 273 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582875m/41329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41329.The_Red_Tent_A_Novel_Tenth_Anniversary_Edition 4 9 false Sun May 18 18:20:38 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 18:51:07 -0700 2008 This is the story of Dinah, the sister of Re...more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 5 14 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Jul 16 13:11:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 23:28:09 -0700 2008
Why? Because Anita Diamant does not stray from the Jacob/Dinah story in the bible one whit. Many people ...more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 2 9 false Wed Mar 12 06:57:07 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:16:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 113348 0312195516 9780312195519 7325 880 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171676202m/113348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113348.The_Red_Tent 5 9 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 09:12:25 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 10:56:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 5 5 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 19 12:04:45 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 12:18:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 2 5 false Fri Jul 13 13:15:30 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 08 17:43:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 113348 0312195516 9780312195519 7325 880 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171676202m/113348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113348.The_Red_Tent 3 3 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 12:22:26 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 09:20:59 -0700 2007
The second half of the book, I enjoyed more. Basically after the whole c...more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 2 5 false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:55:16 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 00:37:02 -0800 2008
The Red Tent is the "...more...]]> 113348 0312195516 9780312195519 7325 880 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171676202m/113348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113348.The_Red_Tent 5 6 false Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 03:10:29 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 05:35:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 4 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Sep 09 21:00:06 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 00:41:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 2 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 09:44:10 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 13:31:18 -0700 2007
It seemed to go on forever rewriting the histories of Jacon, Leah and Rachel...t...more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 2 2 false Tue Jul 10 15:15:11 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 11:47:34 -0700 2007 the book tries to creatively retell the story of Jacob and his family from the Bible. the author for the most part sticks with t...more...]]> 113348 0312195516 9780312195519 7325 880 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171676202m/113348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113348.The_Red_Tent 5 4 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 07:18:06 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 07:50:41 -0700 2007
the only people i have ever met, who actually believed Dinah was "raped" (as recorded in the Bible) have been men...

granted, that might say something about the circles i tend to move in ...more...]]> 4989 0312353766 9780312353766 42008 5356 4.11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517276m/4989.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4989.The_Red_Tent 5 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Feb 11 13:50:17 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 12 11:50:53 -0800 2007

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Deeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable contribution in modern fiction: a new perspective of female life in biblical society. It is a vast and stirring work described as wh...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=41329