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Take out your time telescope, wipe the dust and cobwebs from its lens, tilt it upwards, and find a twinkling speck of light. Now look behind it ... way back, to the days of sand and stars. Here are the Midrash stories of famous women whose names you may know, but whose daily lives and human thoughts have been ignored for far too long. From Eve to Emzera, from Sarah to Rebecca, they are presented here with humor and affection as they face a new and changing world where miracles and customs shape their destiny. Midrash tales are what-if stories built around the grains of information the Bible offers, and author Marlee Pinsker excels as she imbues these legendary women with warmth and spirit. A wonderful gift book for anyone, but especially meaningful for Bat Mitzvahs and Confirmations, In the Days of Sand and Stars is an impressive, straightforward collection, sparse and clear in its telling. Quebec artist, Francois Thisdale has produced a marvelous collection of images with his time telescope and digital expertise. Through his talents we see all of these very human women in moments of reflection, tenderness, ingenuity, and wonder.… (more)
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An engaging collection, one which leads the reader on a journey of exploration into the unspoken, unwritten realities behind the snippets of female experience to be found in the first two books of the Hebrew Bible, In the Days of Sand and Stars gave me quite a bit to ponder, in my ongoing (although frequently stalled) efforts to read the Bible in its entirety. As a sister myself, I particularly liked the parallel narratives offered in Leah and Rachel and Rachel and Leah, and the ways in which each sister is revealed to be a victim of circumstance, and of patriarchy. The artwork, done by François Thisdale, has a lovely, indistinct quality to it, that suits the text quite well - perhaps because both somehow give the feeling of being viewed from far away, whether temporally or visually? In any case, this is just a wonderful collection of stories (and thanks goodness for that, as it was written by the mother of one of my goodreads pals, and I wouldn't have wanted to give a less-than-positive review!)- one I would recommend to readers looking for excellent retold and expanded Bible stories.