Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith (B002EUM05C)

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

A sleeping bag for the tent:

This book has made me laugh out loud. Ms. Diamant possesses the exquisite gifts of language and insight into the thought processes of today's 'modern' Jew. A person lives their life, day by day, and sees nothing worth talking about, let alone writing about...but she has taken these mundane moments and caste a light upon them that brings them upward and makes them sacred.

Good book to read for the journey through life.:

What impresses me most about Anita Diamant's book, Pitching My Tent, is how she conveys so much warmth and love is so few words. She is a talented writer. I bought the book for some light summer reading. During the summer, while vacationing at the beach, I always like to a have a book or two to read in the afternoons when we retreat from the heat and glare of the sun. When my book order arrived, instead of putting it aside and saving it for the beach trip, I read the introduction and the first story. Big... more info

Stirring Essays:

Long before The Red Tent and Good Harbor, Anita Diamant was a columnist. For some twenty years, her columns delivered her own refreshing takes on life. Written with warmth, common bonds of womanhood, a sense of spirituality, and her own unique take on adult life, these essays are personal and yet universal.
The author of several books on contemporary Jewish life as well as her two popular fiction works, Diamant shares her classic essays with readers in this new publication.
Subtitled "On Marriage,... more info

FANTASTIC!:

A wonderful and inspirational collection of stories and insights on life, love, and faith. Diamant does a beautiful job of making a uniquely Jewish meditation palatable and applicable to people of all faiths. Anyone who has ever raised a child, made a friend, lost a lover, or wondered about the world should invest in a copy of this fantastic collection. I borrowed it from the library, got to the end and flipped back to the front to start again. As soon as I could, I bought my own copy. I know it will never... more info

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