December 17, 1999 • Page Image 51
…for her father Jacob was wed to four dif- ferent wives. Rachel, Leah, Zilpah and Bilhah each fulfill some maternal role for Dinah. Through Dinah's voice, Diamant sketches a believable scenario of what it must have been like in those ancient times to lose one's innocence and ulti- mately reach maturity. Most impor- tantly, she draws a vivid picture of how and when women received reverence from their own gender and about women being accorded a m...…

















































