The Dovekeepers: A Novel

by Alice Hoffman | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1451617488 Global Overview for this book
Registered by cherryj of Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on 12/31/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by cherryj from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Monday, December 31, 2012
Picked up from Chapters after my sister gave me a gift card for Christmas.

Blurb from Goodreads:
"Nearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman's novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. Yael's mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker's wife, watched the murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior's daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.

The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets; about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love."

Journal Entry 2 by cherryj at Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, October 8, 2015
Loved this book. Each woman's voice was truly unique, and I was fascinated to see the outcome of each of their lives at the end of the novel.

Journal Entry 3 by cherryj at Central Library in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, October 8, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (10/9/2015 UTC) at Central Library in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

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