Trying to find a story I read in high school

[gprickril]

Hi All,
In high school (80's) I read a story based on the biblical tale of Rachel and Jacob. In the story, a man fell in love with his boss's daughter. The daughter and her would-be beau exchanged books because they couldn't speak with each other (I believe). In the end, the smitten man had to wait seven years to marry the daughter (or something like that).

As you can tell, a lot of brain cells under the bridge since then. Ring a bell with anyone? Google has let me down miserably.

Thanks,

Greg

[Sido]

Well, there is this book, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. It does start off with Jacob falling in love with Rachel and working for seven years for her father to receive her hand in marriage. But the main arch of the story revolves around Dinah; Jacob’s daughter and Joseph’s sister...