Synopses & Reviews
"... A Weave of Women is an astonishment.... I know of nothing else quite like it." --John Leonard, New York Times
"... an extraordinary novel, an original and beautiful work.... It is an extended epic poem which should become a classic." --The Nation
This magical, powerful, musical book creates a modern liturgy around the lives of fifteen very different women who come together in Jerusalem, a male-dominated culture, in 1972.
Synopsis
The weaving in A Weave Of Women is made up of many strands-- anentire community of women and their men. Set in the old city of Jerusalem, the novel focuses on a small stone house in which a group of women who have accidentally become friends regularly meet for pleasure and out of need.