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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then...
4. The red tent
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The red tent is where women go to celebrate the cycles of fertility, childbirth, and life. Each ritual provides strength and context for the women who belong to Jacob's extended family. As Dinah learns the midwife's art, marries, and travels to a foreign land, she shares her observations and feelings in a voice that is absolutely authentic.