"Rashi's Daughters offers readers a glimpse into a fascinating world … and explores the lives of a famous scholar and his (unfortunately) not-so-famous daughters . . . realistic and captivating."

"Anton painted a wonderful scene of Jewish life in medieval France; I loved the characters … can't wait to read about Miriam."

“An enthralling and well-researched novel of women’s lives in the Jewish world of eleventh century France. Blending authentic passages of Talmudic argument with the imagined human dramas of the household of the medieval scholar Salomon ben Isaac, Rashi’s Daughters entertains and educates. Readers will eagerly await the promised second and third installments.

"The immersion into the world of 11th-century Troyes, France, is complete … I am particularly grateful for Anton's vivid and careful research, which throws a fascinating light on the everyday life of Rashi and his family … a wedding-night scene worthy of The Red Tent."

--World Jewish Digest by Ruchama King Feuerman, author of Seven Blessings

 “Like a mirror held up to the past, this first volume in a trilogy draws readers into the lives of medieval French Jewish women; much like Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, it delves into the rituals of women who were forgotten by history and marginalized by society.”

--Marika Zemke, West Bloomfield Twp. P.L., MI in July 12, 2005 LibraryJournal.com.

"If you want to get a sense of what the life of Rashi and his daughters was like, this is the book. The author says she spent a decade researching it, and we believe it. Certainly with regard to the details of French life then, and also with regard to Jewish life in France, Anton has done her job."

--Jewish Book Blog, rated 4.5 out of 5.0.  Click here for their full review.

“A carefully researched work … provides a rare glimpse into the little-known medieval Jewish world in which Rashi live and worked.”

-- Naomi Ragen, author of The Covenant and The Ghost of Hannah Mendes

 "No one who reads this novel will ever read Rashi's writings in the same way."

--Dr. Neil Gillman, Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and author of Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew

"Rashi and his entire community spring to life in this intriguing novel. Maggie Anton's combination of history, imagination, and feminist readings of classical Talmudic texts is impressive."

--Rabbi Laura Geller, Senior Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills

"The amount of learning Maggie Anton weaves into her vividly imagined romantic story is amazing. The reader plunges into the world of Medieval Ashkenazic tradition, truly becoming the student of the great Solomon ben Isaac. A tour de force!"

--Sylvie Weil, Professor Emerita, Hunter College, C.U.N.Y.  Author of Les Vendanges de Rachi, and My Guardian Angel.

"Rashi's Daughters brings to life a very different time in the history of the Jewish people, … focusing on the women who, from the perspective of a traditional account of the period, would be invisible."

--Rabbi Carla Freedman, Jewish Family Congregation, South Salem New York

"This book is an imaginative blending of historical research, serious Talmud study, and feminist sensibilities, which brings to life the women of the most prominent family of the medieval Jewish world.  Maggie Anton does the world a great service in giving us such an accessible picture of Jewish life in Western Europe of the 11th century."

--Rabbi Tracee Rosen, Congregation Kol Ami, Salt Lake City.

"Well written and carries the reader along nicely."

--Emily Taitz, co-author of The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E. - 1900 C.E.  Remarkable Jewish Women: Rebels, Rabbis and Other Women from Biblical Times until the Present.