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quite good and engaging. i didn't cry, and i actually don't know why so many people did - i thought this was a beautiful story of a strong woman born into a time that didn't know what to do with her. the way this so clearly fits into the biblical history that we do know, the transitions from jacob's god from the canaanite gods to the egyptian gods and back again - very clever and insightful book.
i wish there was more about reuben, but that's okay. i am glad that joseph was not the joseph of and ...more
i wish there was more about reuben, but that's okay. i am glad that joseph was not the joseph of and ...more
I really like this book. I didn't know the back story very well, other then what I had recently read on "blogging the bible" on Slate.com. I was expecting a lot of the story to be pretty religious based on the description of the book and the other titles the author had written, and was pleasantly surprised to find that was not the case at all. Quite a few of the main characters are midwives in this book, and as a pregnant women there were passages that made me not look forward to labor! Other th
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I couldn't get past my spiritual feelings for these real Biblical characters. The respect I feel for them made it impossible for me to finish this book. I know that many women loved this book, but I am not one of them.
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3.5 stars. It was hard to get into the first half, but then it takes off and becomes a very interesting read.
May 17, 2007
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it was amazing
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May 18, 2007
Amy
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Isabel
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Jul 16, 2009
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