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Anita Diamant

Anita Diamant
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Anita Diamant

Anita Diamant is the bestselling author of the novels The Red Tent, Good Harbor, and The Last Days of Dogtown, as well as the collection of essays, Pitching My Tent. An award-winning journalist whose work has appeared regularly in The Boston Globe... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Cultivate cheerfulness... and gratitude.
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My life in 8 words: "Friend-filled, creative, busy, well-fed, healthy, bookish,talky, blessed."
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August 30, 2010
With the paperback release of DAY AFTER NIGHT, I'm doing a few readings around New England: New Hampshire last week, Vermont...
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Author Voices:
On the road again
Aug 31, 2010
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Aug 31, 2010
Day After Night will be released on August 10, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Aug 10, 2010
Day After Night is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 10, 2010
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Jul 14, 2010
Audio Excerpt:
The Last Days of Dogtown
Jan 07, 2010
Nov 17, 2009
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Oct 10, 2009
Excerpt:
Prologue from Day After Night
Oct 07, 2009
Day After Night is now available in Hardcover
Sep 08, 2009
Day After Night will be released on September 08, 2009 in eAudio
Sep 08, 2009
Day After Night will be released on September 08, 2009 in eBook
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Anita Diamant Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Cultivate cheerfulness... and gratitude. Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. Playing the piano, but in the meanwhile, I'm teaching myself to play the ukelele. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Bread and chocolate and fruit. (I know, that's three but this is hypothetical anyway.) Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. at the beach... Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. A slow painful death. What else is there to fear? Learn more about Anita Diamant

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PublishersWeekly.com, January 30, 2012
...Melville House, 978-1935554639), a conversation with Hillary Jordan about her book When She Woke (Algonquin Books, 978-1565126299), and Anita Diamant talking about books on her nightstand. Listen here. Due to the nature of live programming, scheduling is...
El Paso Times, January 15, 2012
...Holocaust Museum and Study Center Book Club's first discussion of 2012 will feature "Day after Night" by Anita Diamant. Ezra Cappell will moderate the program at 11 a.m. Feb. 26 at the museum, 715 N. Oregon. He directs the Inter-American Jewish Studies...
Delmarva Public Radio, January 12, 2012
...sponsoring an adult book discussion on Thursday, February9th at 2 pm. The selection is The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant. The Red Tent may now be picked up from the Princess Anne Branch. Please call the library at 410-651-0852 for further information or to...
Jewish Community Voice, December 30, 2011
...The characters are strong, passionate women whose stories are spellbinding. Readers are always asking for another book like Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent;” I’m recommending “The Dovekeepers” to them. Judy Brookover and JUDY: “Jerusalem...
Associated Content, October 18, 2011
...of the novels veer far from standard religious teachings they all offer great stories. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant might be the most recognizable title of this particular genre of fiction. The Red Tent is the story of Jacob's daughter Dinah, who is...
Washington Post, October 4, 2011
...enormously ambitious, multi-part story, richly decorated with the details of life 2,000 years ago. Whats more, as Anita Diamant showed so popularly with The Red Tent, the world of ancient Judaism provides fertile ground for exploring the challenges of...
Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, September 12, 2011
...at Veterans Memorial Library in Mt. Pleasant. This month, the group will be discussing "Day After Night" by Anita Diamant. Residents can bring a brown-bag lunch and join the book discussion. This is a book discussion group for adults. Bring a friend and...
LIT AND LIFE, October 14, 2011
...Table of Contents: From Breakfast with Anita Diamant to Dessert with James Patterson - a Generous Helping of Recipes, Writings, and Insights from Today's Bestselling Authors by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp304 pagesPublished November 2010...
Manga Maniac Cafe, June 26, 2011
...Fiction Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge (I like all of her books) The Red Tent by Anita Diamant The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan 4. Sci-fi Grass by Sheri S. Tepper (Love most of her books) Speaker for the Dead by Orson...
Mamamia, June 1, 2011
...of Jesus told through his sister’s eyes. Very good & quite similar to The Red Tent by Anita Diamant if anyone else loved that… Have also just finished Malcolm Knox’s new novel, “The Life”, which blew.me.away. Amazing book! It’s a bit like...
Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial ho, May 15, 2011
...by a woman, and so am curious to try it for myself. I hear it’s not unlike Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, which I loved, so I’m hopeful. The book that changed me is…......... The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan. It’s the 1963 polemic that...
Author! Author!, April 30, 2011
...finally to prevail. Recalling both the magical imagination of Richard Adams’ Watership Down and the spiritual richness of Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent , Song of the Crow is a soaring debut. Reviewers the world wide just love that sort of pun, by...