debs4jc 's review for:

Miriam: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France by Maggie Anton

4.0

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Part of a series, though I hadn't read the first book and followed it well enough. This book focused on Miriam, the 2nd of Rabbi Rashi's daughters, who loses her first love to an accident and then faces the difficult question of if and who she will marry. As a woman educated in the Torah she is unusual in Medieval France. Lots of customs about Judaism, the time period, midwifery and such are shared which is combined well with a human story. I found myself reflecting on the story when I wasn't reading it, thinking about the unusual challenges Miriam faced in her day and age and wondering how I would have measured up to what she had to go through.