La Tente Rouge

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and

violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that

are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice, this

novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of

the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilpah,

and Bilhah--the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that

sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new

home in a foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of

early history and creates an intimate connection with the past. Deeply

affecting, _The Red Tent_ combines rich storytelling with a valuable

achievement in modern fiction: a new view of biblical women's society.