{"product_id":"the-dovekeepers","title":"The dovekeepers - Alice Hoffman","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\" id=\"p-rc_297fb520894cb291-36\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-838 citation-839 citation-840 citation-841 citation-842 citation-end-842\"\u003eNearly two thousand years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-838 citation-839 citation-840 citation-841 citation-end-841\"\u003e mou\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-838 citation-839 citation-840 citation-end-840\"\u003entain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based o\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-838 citation-839\"\u003en this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman's novel is a spellbinding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-837 citation-838 citation-839 citation-end-839\"\u003etale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sens\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-837 citation-838 citation-end-838\"\u003euous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a diffe\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-837\"\u003erent path. Yael's mother died in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-835 citation-837\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-835 citation-836 citation-837 citation-end-837\"\u003echildbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her \u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"8\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-835 citation-836 citation-end-836\"\u003efor that death. Revka, a village baker's wife, watched the murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"9\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-835 citation-end-835\"\u003e by what they have wi\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"10\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etnessed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-834\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-833 citation-834\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-832 citation-833 citation-834 citation-end-834\"\u003eAziza is a warrior's daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"11\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-832 citation-833 citation-end-833\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"12\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-832 citation-end-832\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"13\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\" id=\"p-rc_297fb520894cb291-37\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-829\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-829 citation-830\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-829 citation-830 citation-831 citation-end-831\"\u003eThe lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"14\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-829 citation-830 citation-end-830\"\u003e in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets—about who they a\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"15\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-829 citation-end-829\"\u003ere, where they come from, who fathered them, and\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"16\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e whom they love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Story Station","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51010762244335,"sku":"THE05767","price":79.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6538\/6223\/files\/asdasda_5712b853-9b69-4291-80b2-a03116289765.jpg?v=1793045065","url":"https:\/\/www.thestorystation.co.za\/products\/the-dovekeepers","provider":"The Story Station","version":"1.0","type":"link"}