Maggie Anton

Rashi's Daughters

1 - Joheved (Jun-2005)
2 - Miriam (Sep-2007)
3 - Rachel (Aug-2009)

Rav Hisda's Daughter

1 - Apprentice (Aug-2012)
2 - Enchantress (Sep-2014)

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  The Midwives' Escape
  

  • Mar-2025
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  An Egyptian mother and daughter, Asenet and Shifra, a midwife and her apprentice, wake up on the morning of the tenth plague to find Asenet's husband and son, both firstborns, dead. Asenet's sister Pua, married to an Israelite, urges Asenet's family ...

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  The Choice
  

  • May-2022
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  A powerful love story with a purpose: to challenge Jewish customs concerning women, marriage, and equality. The award-winning author of Rashi's Daughters, Maggie Anton, has written a wholly transformative novel that takes characters inspired by Chaim...

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  Enchantress
  

  • Sep-2014
  • / Historical Romance
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  Rav Hisda's Daughter - 2
  

  Fantastic tales of demons and the Evil Eye, magical incantations, and powerful attractions abound in Enchantress, a novel that weaves together Talmudic lore, ancient Jewish magic, and a timeless love story set in fourth-century Babylonia. One ...

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  Apprentice
  

  • Aug-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  Rav Hisda's Daughter - 1
  

  Hisdadukh, blessed to be beautiful and learned, is the youngest child of Talmudic sage Rav Hisda. The world around her is full of conflict. Rome, fast becoming Christian, battles Zoroastrian Persia for dominance while Rav Hisda and his colleagues str...

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  Rachel
  

  • Aug-2009
  • / Historical Romance
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  Rashi's Daughters - 3
  

  The dramatic final book in the epic historical trilogy about the lives and loves of the three daughters of the great Talmud scholar Rashi Rachel is the youngest and most beautiful daughter of medieval Jewish scholar Salomon ben Isaac, or "Rashi." He...

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  Rashi's Daughter, Secret Scholar
  

  • Oct-2008
  • / General Fiction
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  Rashi’s Daughter, Secret Scholar was adapted from the first book in this series, Volume 1: Joheved. The tale of a young girl who challenges conventions to engage in Jewish learning;

  Set in 11th-century Troyes, France, Rashi’s Daughter, ...

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  Miriam
  

  • Sep-2007
  • / Historical Romance
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  Rashi's Daughters - 2
  

  THE SECOND NOVEL IN A DRAMATIC HISTORICAL TRILOGY ABOUT THE LIVES AND LOVES OF THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT TALMUD SCHOLAR, RASHI Troyes, France, 1078. As Salomon ben Isaac teaches his lively and daring middle daughter, Miriam, the intricacies o...

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  Joheved
  

  • Jun-2005
  • / Historical Romance
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  Rashi's Daughters - 1
  

  THE FIRST NOVEL IN A DRAMATIC HISTORICAL TRILOGY SET IN ELEVENTH-CENTURY FRANCE, WHEN -- FOR A JEWISH WOMAN -- KNOWLEDGE WAS DANGEROUS In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business...

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Award-Winning Books by Maggie Anton

Joheved
2006 Benjamin Franklin Award -- New Voice Fiction