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008			120420s2011 nyub b 000 1 eng
010			_a2011018099
020			_a9781611732573
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050	0	0	_aPS3558.O3447 _bD68 2011
082	0	0	_aLARP FIC HOF
100	1		_aHoffman, Alice _d(1952-)
245	1	4	_aThe dovekeepers _b: a novel _c/ Alice Hoffman
246	3		_aDove keepers
260			_aNew York _b: Scribner _c, 2011.
300			_a735 p. _b: map _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references
520			_aOnly two women and five children of more than 900 people survived the Roman siege of Masada in the year 73 C.E. after the suicide pact of the Jewish rebels there, according to the historian Josephus. In this well-researched novel, Hoffman (The Red Garden) vividly brings this tragedy to life, as four women who take care of the dovecote at the fortress tell their stories. Seeking refuge at Masada after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple are Yael, the daughter and sister of Sicarii, professional assassins, and Revka, who with her two mute grandsons has just witnessed the horrific murder of the boys' mother in the desert. Shirah and her warrior daughter Aziza come from Moab. Considered a healer and a witch, Shirah still worships the ancient goddess Ashtoreth. Hoffman finds poetry and beauty, dignity and honor, even in those perilous, blood-soaked times.
650		0	_aWomen _z--Israel _v--Fiction
650			_aIdentity (Psychology) _v--Fiction
650			_aMan-woman relationships _v--Fiction
650			_aLarge print books
651		0	_aMasada Site (Israel) _y--72-73 _v--Fiction
655		0	_aPsychological fiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction
655		7	_aLove stories
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