The Red Tent is... red, and a tent!
Advantages: A fantastic story
Disadvantages: Quite female focused, not really a bloke book.
When (if) you read the bible, you often come across characters that pop up only once, and are in the spotlight for a moment, and then disappear again... but you suspect they have more story to tell than is recorded. For example, the story of Joseph (and h ...
 electricfrog5 01.09.2005 · Read full review
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One woman telling the stories of many women
Advantages: Easy read, no dead space, keeps going
Disadvantages: none
...gone to Catholic school for 13 years, I have always her the story of Jacob and his twelve sons. Now I get to hear his only daughter's story. Yes, it is a work of fiction, but Diamant uses historical resources to give us an authentic feel for the t ...
Krislynn 24.06.2007 · Read full review
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A Life Changing Book - Prepare To Be Moved!
Advantages: Beautiful, historical, full of imagery, full of passion and compassion
Disadvantages: I want a series of them!
...As a graduate in literature I have read so many books, but this is my all time favourite. It basically tells the imagined life of Dinah, but is so full of vivid descriptions and a real feeling for the historical period, that I cannot imagine anyone not li ...
Seton 10.02.2008 · Read full review
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Like Magic
Advantages: melodic
Disadvantages: none!
...If you ever wondered how it felt to be a woman in Biblical times, this is the book for you. Written in a melodic prose, Anita Diamant creates a wonderful perspective on the family life of the wives of Jacob and meanwhile develops a heartrending love story ...
lauraelaines 27.06.2008 · Read full review
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Sir Dragon. Knight!
Advantages: Entertaining fantasy
Disadvantages: Getting hold of a copy
...A fantasy novel written by Gordon R Dickson in 1976.
You may or may not be familiar with the name of Gordon R Dickson.
He wrote the Dorsai series of books and many others including the funny Hoka series with Poul Anderson.
He started this fantasy s ...
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