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The Dovekeepers - by Alice Hoffman (Paperback)

The Dovekeepers - by  Alice Hoffman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Dovekeepers" is Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing novel about four bold, resourceful women who survive on a mountain in the Judean desert 2,000 years ago against Roman armies.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An ambitious and mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of <i>Rules of Magic. The Dovekeepers </i>is "striking....Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose" (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>).</b> <p/>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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"In her remarkable new novel, Alice Hoffman holds a mirror to our ancient past as she explores the contemporary themes of sexual desire, women's solidarity in the face of strife, and the magic that's quietly present in our day-to-day living. Put "The Dovekeepers" at the pinnacle of Hoffman's extraordinary body of work. I was blown away." --Wally Lamb, author of "The Hour I First Believed"<br><br><P>"In her remarkable new novel, Alice Hoffman holds a mirror to our ancient past as she explores the contemporary themes of sexual desire, women's solidarity in the face of strife, and the magic that's quietly present in our day-to-day living. Put "The Dovekeepers" at the pinnacle of Hoffman's extraordinary body of work. I was blown away." --Wally Lamb, author of "The Hour I First Believed"<P><br><br>"Beautiful, harrowing, a major contribution to twenty-first century literature."--Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature<br><br>"I am still reeling from "The Dovekeepers"--from the history Alice Hoffman illuminates, from the language she uses to bring these women to life. This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader." --Jodi Picoult, author of "Sing You Home"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including <i>Magic Lessons</i>, <i>The World That We Knew</i>, <i>Practical Magic</i>, <i>The Rules of Magic</i>, the Oprah's Book Club selection <i>Here on Earth</i>, <i>The Red Garden</i>, <i>The Dovekeepers</i>, <i>The Museum of Extraordinary Things</i>, <i>The Marriage of Opposites</i>, and <i>Faithful</i>. She lives near Boston.

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