The Red Tent (Diamant novel)

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The Red Tent

Cover of the first-edition hardcover
Author	Anita Diamant
Language	English
Genre	Historical fiction
Publisher	A Wyatt Book for St. Martin's Press
Publication date	October 1997
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback)
Pages	321 pp. (hardcover edition)
ISBN	0-312-35376-6
OCLC	62322613
LC Class	PS3554.I227 R43 2005

The Red Tent is a historical novel by Anita Diamant, published in 1997 by Wyatt Books for St. Martin's Press. It is a first-person narrative that tells the story of Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, sister of Joseph. She is a minor character in the Bible, but the author has broadened her story.^[1] The book's title refers to the tent in which women of Jacob's tribe must, according to the ancient law, take refuge while menstruating or giving birth, and in which they find mutual support and encouragement from their mothers, sisters and aunts.