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Biblical Reimagining Read
Looking for a read that’s a little different? Maybe it’s time you tried a re-imagining of a Biblical character and their story?
What’s It About? The Red Tent by Anita Diamant follows the life of Dinah, a daughter of Jacob. Now when I say life, I do mean life, starting with her time as a child and young woman and carrying on into adulthood and even to the end of her life.
Why Read It? Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the novel is how it centers the concerns of women in a patriarchal world dominated by the rule of fathers and husbands and yet where women are able to build rich lives of care and support.
Dark Winds and The Night Watchman
I’ve been watching the Dark Winds TV show, which centers on Navajo Police Chief Joe Leaphorn and those around him investigating a set of crimes on the Diné reservation in the 1970s (his wife also has her own somewhat connected set of conflicts which relate more to the...
The Supernatural and The Mermaid from Jeju
What’s a book with supernatural elements that stands out in your mind?
For me it’s The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi Hahn.
This novel is historical fiction featuring two parallel plot lines, one running just before the Korean War on the island of Jeju (mid to late 1940s) and the other in the early 2000s in Philadelphia (US), as well as mainland Korea and Jeju.