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Name: The Dovekeepers
Rating: 4.9 (8 reviews)
Author: Alice Hoffman
ISBN: 9781451617474

The Dovekeepers

A Novel

by Alice Hoffman

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First Published:
Oct 4, 2011, 512 pages

Paperback:
Apr 2012, 528 pages

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- Literary Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Asia
- Middle-East (West Asia)
- 17th Century or Earlier
- Jewish Authors
- Female Friendships
- Strong Women
- Religious or Spiritual Themes
- War Related
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After we ate, I felt defiled. The donkey's bones simmered in a pot over the fire so tha

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