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The book was written quite a few years ago and has a very strong feminist theme - it took me back to my uni feminist literature course I undertook in the 80's. The story of Jacob and Joseph is such a well known biblical story is it fascinating to see
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― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale
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