Author: anitadiamant

A New York Times bestseller with nearly 220,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Set during biblical times, Dinah, the lone daughter of Jacob, navigates the wonders and sorrows of womanhood. An “illuminating portrait of a fascinating woman and the life she might have lived” (Library Journal starred review).

New York Times bestseller An unforgettable novel about a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century, told “with humor and optimism…through the eyes of an irresistible heroine” (People)–from the acclaimed author of The Red Tent. Anita Diamant’s “vivid, affectionate portrait of American womanhood” (Los Angeles Times), follows the life of one woman, Addie Baum, … follows the life of one woman, Addie Baum, through a period of dramatic change. Addie is The Boston Girl, the spirited daughter of an immigrant Jewish family, born in 1900 to parents who were unprepared for America and its effect…