“The opportunity to give is, in and of itself, a gift. ” - Temple Isaiah

L I N E S F R O M T H E L I b r A R Y
Ellen G. Cole, Librarian
DIGS teLL ALL
Who can imagine the forbidding
prophet Jeremiah arousing the
passionate love of a woman? Our
own Rabbi Zoë Klein!
In her stunning first novel, Drawing in the
Dust, Klein weaves Tanach, archeology,
and ancient and modern Israel with
stirring human desire. She delivers a
romantic read rich in interesting Biblical
information, strong characters with ego
and empathy, and lyrical prose. This well plotted novel starts slowly; stay
with it; soon it proceeds at a smart pace, surprising twists propelling you
through time, place and adventures to a satisfying end.
Archaeologist Page Brookstone, an American Christian digging in Israel,
leaves her tel to help a scorned Palestinian couple whose home is mystically
charged by romantic ghosts. With her kooky team, Page makes a major
discovery: Jeremiah had a muse and a lover, Anatiya, herself a poetic writer of
moving verses. As Page acts to proclaim and protect her work, determined
not to repeat the clandestine history of the Dead Sea Scrolls, she finds herself
on a voyage of self discovery and in love with an Orthodox Jew.
The novel considers friendship, marriage and love juggling intellectual career
pursuits through Jeremiah’s passion, Page’s quest and other subplots. Klein’s
lapidary language is the special quality here, especially in the fictional scrolls
she creates for Anatiya.
Klein’s well-drawn characters, their failed or fruitful relationships, mirror the
interfaith, multinational character of the fiction’s setting: contemporary Israel.
Klein skillfully utilizes Israel’s political tensions, religious clashes and the rules
of archeological claims to naturally sharpen her fictional drama. Drawing in the
Dust will draw you in and hold you. Let the Library draw you to it.
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