Intensely moving . . . The red tent is a place of seclusion for menstruating women, forbidden to men; Diamant leads the reader into this storyteller's haven, creating a riveting tale of love, betrayal and revenge without compromising her historical facts. * Observer *
I was hooked . . . It was riveting - the wives of Jacob telling biblical stories from their perspective . . . it's just wonderful -- Julia Roberts * O Magazine *
I genuinely fell into this rich and colourful world and Dinah and Leah have stayed with me as ancestors and sisters brought to life by Anita Diamant's imaginative novel -- Maureen Lipman
An affecting tale of betrayal, grief and love * Scotland on Sunday *
A compelling story, a celebration of the age-old community and continuity of women . . .
The Red Tent combines outstandingly vivid storytelling with an original insight into women's society in a remarkable period of early history * Yorkshire Post *
An intense, vivid novel . . . It is tempting to say that The Red Tent is what the Bible would be like if it
had been written by women, but only Diamant could have given it such sweep and grace
* Boston Globe *
If you don't read it you'll be missing out * Eve *
Dinah, famously a daughter and a sister, finally tells her own story . . . through the lens of Anita Diamant's moral imagination - the colours couldn't be more vivid, and the oldest story of all could never seem more original, or more true -- James Carroll, author of
An American RequiemBy giving a voice to Dinah, one of the silent female characters in Genesis, the novel has struck a chord with women who may have felt left out of biblical history. It celebrates mothers and daughters and the mysteries of the life cycle * Los Angeles Times *
Diamant vividly conjures up the ancient world of caravans, shepherds, farmers, midwives, slaves and artisans . . . Her Dinah is a compelling narrator that has timeless resonance * Christian Science Monitor *
