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Author Hoffman, Alice.

Title The dovekeepers : a novel / Alice Hoffman.

Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2011.
2 holds on first copy returned of 1 copy
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Fiction  F HOFFMAN    WORKROOM
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Description 504 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 504).
Subject Women -- Israel -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Masada Site (Israel) -- Siege, 72-73 -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Love stories.
Psychological fiction.
Added Title Dove keepers
ISBN 9781451617474 (hardcover)
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SRP 2013 X
August 13 2013
SRP 2013 REVIEW: It took awhile to "get into" this book, but once I did, I enjoyed it. The stories of 4 Jewish women's lives in a camp that is rebelling against the Roman empire.
SRP 2012 X
August 20 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: Based on the true story of 900 Jews who held out for months against the Romans, this novel begins at Masada and ends in Alexandria.. In between the mountaintop and Egypt, the lives of four women are chronicled. Two women and five children survived the massacre to relate the story, A very good read. It draws you in and holds you.
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