Anita Diamant is the Boston-based author of 12books, including The Boston Girl, a New York Times bestseller, and The Red Tent,which has been published in 25 countries.Her other novels include Good Harbor,The Last Days of Dogtown and Day After Night. She has written six guides to contemporary Jewish life including TheNew Jewish Wedding and Choosing a Jewish Life. Her feature stories and essayshave appeared in such publications as The Boston Globe, and Real Simple. She is thefounding president of Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh andEducation Center in Newton, Massachusetts, an inclusive and expansive 21st centuryreinvention of the ancient Jewish ritual of immersion.