The Red Tent by Anita Diamant: Jacob and His Twelve Flops

About this episode

Grace and Erin discuss 'The Red Tent' by Anita Diamant as part of their historical fiction podcast.

The end of the season is approaching, so it's Grace and Erin's turn to pick the books! Grace is up first, and we're traveling all the way back to Biblical times with The Red Tent. Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

People in this episode

Hosts: Grace, Erin

Topics covered

• historical fiction
• book review
• Biblical literature
• literary analysis
• reading challenge

Keywords

• The Red Tent
• Anita Diamant
• historical fiction
• book review
• Biblical times
• Five or Flop
• reading challenge

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Red Tent

Places: Biblical times

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