![]() ![]() The Red Tent is historical fiction, an extended midrash on the biblical story of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and his wife Leah. Though vastly different in setting, story, and style, both novels deal with the theme of women’s friendships - a delectable topic, for, as Diamant said at the reading in Concord, “Women’s friendship is the chocolate of life.” She told the audience that her non-fiction books have all been about “making choices as a Jew in a non-Jewish world,” and readers of her fiction can see that she continues to write about this topic in her new career as a novelist. ![]() Her first two novels, The Red Tent and Good Harbor, show that she is quite successfully managing her career change. ![]() ![]() When the syndicated columnist and author of several successful non-fiction books about being Jewish, including Choosing a Jewish Life (New York: Schoken, 1998) turned 40, she was ready for a career change. In an author reading I attended last January in Concord, Massachusetts, Anita Diamant told listeners about her work as a novelist. The Friendships of Women- A review of two novels by Anita Diamant ![]()
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