At Bustle, Melissa Ragsdale tagged
eight books that "go right along with the spirit of [Hanukkah]," including:
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
In this wonderful novel, Kadish imagines what it would have taken for a Jewish woman to have become a writer in the 16th century. She tells the story of a young woman who posed as a man in order to be a scholar, and the historians tracking her down centuries later. It's particularly fascinating because there are very little records of Jewish women in history, and Kadish delivers a wonderful exploration of how identity and history intertwine.
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another entry on the list.
My Book, The Movie: The Weight of Ink.
The Page 69 Test: The Weight of Ink.
--Marshal Zeringue
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