February 2014 Book Club "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamont
Hi Everyone, The book club meeting for The Red Tent was a month ago, so this update is way overdue. In fact, last week we met to discuss the book The Boy Who Met Jesus ! Barb K., Ginnie, Jody, Lori, and I attended the meeting to discuss Immaculee Ilibagiza’s story of Segatashya of Kibeho; and in February Cheryl, Ginnie, Lori, Barb K., and I attended the meeting to discuss Anita Diamant’s epic novel. Both book clubs were held at Panera in Butler. The Red Tent is built around the first book of the Bible, Genesis Chapter 34. The story Diamant writes hearkens on the Bible’s original retelling of Jacob’s family, but delivers a story that reads like one of MGM’s great epic Biblical films. The story is narrated from Dinah’s point of view, the daughter of Jacob and Leah (sister to Rachel, Jacob’s first wife), and she begins her story from her mother’s womb. This was an ingenious decision on the author’s part as it offers the reader the opportunity to learn the dynamics of...