Period. End of Sentence.: A New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice
nonfiction · First published 2021
Author guide
Anita Diamant Books in Order
Anita Diamant is an American writer whose work spans historical fiction, journalism, personal essays, and practical guidebooks about contemporary Jewish life and practice. She is best known for The Red Tent and also wrote Good Harbor, The Last Days of Dogtown, Day After Night, and The Boston Girl. Her nonfiction includes guides to Jewish weddings, family life, conversion, mourning, and menstrual justice, as well as the personal essay collection Pitching My Tent.
historical fictionliterary fictionJewish life and practicepersonal essaysjournalismsocial commentary
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The Red Tent
Her best-known novel and the clearest entry point into her historical fiction.
Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith
A representative collection of her personal essays and nonfiction voice.
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Novels (14)
- The New Jewish Wedding
nonfiction · 1985
- The Jewish Baby Book
nonfiction · 1988
- What to Name Your Jewish Baby
nonfiction · 1989
- Bible Baby Names: Spiritual Choices from Judeo-Christian Sources
nonfiction · 1996
- Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends
nonfiction · 1997
"As a rabbi and a convert, I appreciate this book deeply for its sensitivity to the complex feelings of those who are exploring paths to becoming Jewish, and for the deep love of Judaism it conveys. I will give it to every interfaith…
- The Red Tent
novel · 1997
Moving panoramically from Mesopotamia to Canaan to Egypt, The Red Tent is robustly narrated by Dinah, from her upbringing by the four wives of Jacob, to her growth into one of the most infulential women of her time.
- How to Be a Jewish Parent: A Practical Handbook for Family Life
nonfiction · 2000
Author Diamant joins with family therapist Kushner draw from many sources to describe the practices, customs, and values that go into creating a Jewish home. They share their own and other parents' stories and observations, combine…
- Good Harbor
novel · 2001
- The Last Days of Dogtown
novel · 2005
The new novel from Anita Diamant, author of the international bestseller, *The Red Tent*, follows the lives and loves of an eccentric 19th century farming community in Massachusetts, and demonstrates both her amazing range as a novelist…
- Day After Night
novel · 2009
Atlit is a holding camp for "illegal" immigrants in Israel in 1945. There, about 270 men and women await their future and try to recover from their past. Diamant, with infinite compassion and understanding, tells the stories of the women…
- The Boston Girl
novel · 2014
Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's…
Essays and speeches (1)
- Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith
essay-collection · 2003
A collection of essays written by the author during her pre-novelist years as a columnist considers such themes as the nature of family, the relationship between parents and children, and embracing Judaism in today's culture.