This is the story of Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob. In the Old Testament the story is that she is raped by a Canaanite prince, and in revenge, Jacob's sons trick the Canaanites and murder them. But in this book, Dinah tells is a much different story, one in which she is loved by the Canaanite--and then betrayed by some of her brothers, who are worried about their inheritance. It is also a story of how women were treated in that period and about the Red Tent where the women would live the most important parts of their lives; where they would go once a month, have their babies, and tell their stories.
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