Usually I'm not a huge historical fiction person. I often find my my purist tendencies get in the way of my enjoyment of historical fiction. Rashi's Daughters came highly recommended to me by a close friend from my synagogue. It shared a lot of similarities, at least in voice, to Anita Diamant's...
While Ms Anton's books are well researched, at times I just skimmed over a lot of the "Talmud" sections included in all her books. I suppose I cared more about the women than the Talmud that they were learning. And I think if I had not tried to read this triology one right after the other, I migh...