Rashi's daughters. Book II, Miriam

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Personal Author:

Anton, Maggie

Physical Description:

xi, 475 p. : map ; 22 cm.

General Note:

"A Plume book".

"A novel of love and the Talmud in medieval France"-cover.

Subject Term:

Jewish women -- Fiction.

Historical fiction

Publication Information:

New York : Penguin Group, 2007.

Subject:

Jewish women -- Fiction.

Historical fiction

Women, Jewish

Historical novels

History -- Fiction

SAILS ISBN:

9780452288638

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Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Foxboro - Boyden Library	FIC ANTON, M.	FICTION	Searching... Unknown

The second novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar

The engrossing historical series of three sisters living in eleventh-century Troyes, France, continues with the tale of Miriam, the lively and daring middle child of Salomon ben Isaac, the great Talmudic authority. Having no sons, he teaches his daughters the intricacies of Mishnah and Gemara in an era when educating women in Jewish scholarship was unheard of. His middle daughter, Miriam, is determined to bring new life safely into the Troyes Jewish community and becomes a midwife. As devoted as she is to her chosen path, she cannot foresee the ways in which she will be tested and how heavily she will need to rely on her faith. With Rashi's Daughters , author Maggie Anton brings the Talmud and eleventh-century France to vivid life and poignantly captures the struggles and triumphs of strong Jewish women.

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Library Journal Review

After opening her trilogy on renowned Talmud scholar Rashi's three daughters with the successful debut novel Rashi's Daughters, Book 1: Johevev, Anton delivers a tour de force with this second book. Here, the headstrong determination of middle daughter Miriam enables her to face head-on the many challenges endured by women of the 11th century, even if it does pose a problem for her father. Anton draws readers into life, love, and Talmud in medieval France, and her extensive research into this time period shows in her deft portrait of what life might have been like for the young daughter of a Jewish scholar. Readers will be fascinated as Miriam is appointed the community's midwife and will grimace as she decides to become a mohel, or ritual circumciser. They will fly through the nearly 500 pages and come away wishing for more. This fresh approach to historical fiction is recommended for all public libraries, especially those serving a large Jewish population; a study guide is available online. [Anton's third novel in the trilogy will center on Rashi's youngest daughter, Rachel.-Ed.]-Marika Zemke, Commerce Twp. Community Lib., MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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