I'd heard many rave reviews about this one. I was a little reluctant to pick it up ... I don't care for overly religious books, but while this has a biblical base, it's hardly what one would call "Christian" literature. This was just an okay book for me.  I just think that long sagas aren't really at the top of my list.  With historical fiction, I appreciate learning some facts (even if I have to look and verify what is truth) - I think much of my original biblical learnings have been overpowered by the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" *Ü* and this barely hit any of that well known tale and it's humorous approach. I'll admit, I wasn't really aware of Dinah or her story (even as sparse as it was in the bible). This was rich and flowing ... I'm not sure I was in the mood to appreciate it.

There was a prologue which introduces Dinah, or in which Dinah introduces herself. She talks to us/the reader, or women in the past? She mentions the role of women/daughters; in keeping the memories alive. She was told the stories, and she will now recount them, and her own, to us.  

There were then three parts - and these were very distinct. Part One: My Mother's Stories (with three chapters) Part Two: My Story (eight chapters, which reset at 1-8 for the section) and Part Three: Egypt, with five chapters.  As I often comment on the Table of Contents (or lack of) ... To me, a glance at the TOC, and seeing that there are three parts, what their headers are, is SO helpful. I'm lucky I had this in all three formats, because only the Kindle copy had a useful TOC. The audio showed the parts/chapters, but didn't include the part "titles" ... and I'll never understand physical books not having a table of contents page. 

The audio narration was fine - I think I was expecting something with a bit of an accent to make it more exotic ... less "American"? The text copies had the original cover (which I don't love) but the audio had the updated (Lifetime movie) cover, and I'll admit, I was possibly expecting Rebecca Feguson's voice. I haven't seen the miniseries, and honestly, I don't know that I'm drawn to it (not streaming, but I could snag the DVD from the library). 

Words I note: Lapis Lazuli, alchemy, ablutions, libation, roiled, obeisance. 
There was a tiny "song" and it was sung.

Like a recent read [book:How to Read a Book|62365896] ... the very end, is narrated AFTER the MCs death. I thought it ironic that I read these two books with this same ending "I lived a good life, and then I died..." type of statement,  so close together.

No proFanity, there was a bit of sexual stuff throughout, although nothing spicy or explicit.