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Publisher's Weekly says: "Diamant's bestseller, The Red Tent, explored the lives of
biblical women ignored by the male-centric narrative. In her compulsively readable latest,
she sketches the intertwined fates of several young women refugees at Atlit, a British-run
internment camp set up in Palestine after WWII. ... . The dynamic of suffering and renewed hope
through friendship is the book's primary draw, but an eventual escape attempt adds a dash of
suspense to the astutely imagined story of life at the camp: the wary relationship between
the Palestinian Jews and the survivors, the intense flirtation between the young people that
marks a return to life. Diamant opens a window into a time of sadness, confusion and optimism
that has resonance for so much that's both triumphant and troubling in modern Jewish history."
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