Diamant, Anita

The story of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, is told from her point of view, beginning with the story of her mothers, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah. These wives of Jacob give her the fits that are to sustain her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.

Lists approximately one thousand names from the Bible and provides the original source language, translation, location in the Bible, and meaning for each.

Chronicles the lives of the eccentric residents of Dogtown on Cape Ann in Massachusetts--home to widows, orphans, prostitutes, scoundrels, free Africans, and other characters--as the community begins its descent into oblivion in the early 1800s.

Addie Baum was born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America. Growing up in Boston, Addie's intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can't imagine: a world of short skirts and new opportunities for women. From the one-room apartment she shared with her family, to the library group for girls she joins, to her first, disastrous love affair, Addie recalls her adventures with compassion for the naive girl she was and a wicked sense of humor.

Addie Baum, born in Boston in 1900 to immigrant parents, reflects on her life experiences, including her childhood, her teenage years, her first love affair, her career as a newspaper typist, and the pursuit of her dreams.

"[A story] about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early in twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were too unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can't imagine, a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love. Eighty-five-year-old Addie tells the story of her life to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her 'How did you get to be the woman you are today.'"--Provided by publisher.

The story of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, is told from her point of view, beginning with the story of her mothers, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah. These wives of Jacob give her the gifts that are to sustain her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.

Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, tells the story of her mothers, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, and the gifts they gave that sustained her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.