The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
I first read The Red Tent for tenth grade English. It was a curious choice, as the protagonist is a figure from the Bible, and I don’t think it is one most other schools teach. Despite being assigned academic reading, The Red Tent stole 15-year-old me’s heart because it was an empowering story about women in a world I was familiar with… and in a world where I had been taught only the men truly mattered. In the years since, I have found different reasons to love this book as I’ve read and re-read it. I love the idea of the red […]
