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The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

The Dovekeepers

A Novel

by Alice Hoffman
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  • Oct 4, 2011, 512 pages
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  • Apr 2012, 528 pages
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After we ate, I felt defiled. The donkey's bones simmered in a pot over the fire so tha

Excerpted from The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. Copyright © 2011 by Alice Hoffman. Excerpted by permission of Scribner. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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