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The Red Tent

I finished reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamant yesterday. It was an amazing book. It was so fascinating to read about women and what their lives were like during biblical times. The book itself is a fictionalization of what may have happened to Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob. I'm not religious at all, but the book had absolutely nothing to do with The Bible, but rather with the relationships between women. Since I didn't know the story of Dinah, I was surprised by many of the things that happened, probably making me enjoy the story that much more.

I have always thought that to be a woman is a wonderful, mysterious thing. This book captures all of the words that I wish I could say, but don't have the skill to. It does make me wish I knew my own female relatives more. Unfortunately, both of my grandmothers are dead. Perhaps this will inspire me to learn what my mother was like before she became Mom.

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I'm only 19 and I have finished reading this book yesterday.I live in Bosnia and I'm a Muslim.Jacob and his sons exist in my culture too. Jacob and Joseph are Gods Messengers.Before this book I have heard for Dinah only once.That is way her story touched me deeply.
I know that novel is a fiction but the author made it so true.
This is the best novel I have ever read.
And it made me think about me, my family and our relationships.

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