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I like these memoirs that give me glimpses of cultures and places I will probably never visit, but lately I find myself frustrated that we only ever hear "Westernized" versions of these places -- either because the book was written by a Westerner who visited/lived in that country, or because the book was written by someone who came from within the culture but was raised and educated with "Western" sensibilities.
The writing in this book wasn't great, and the various anecdotes about the beauty sch ...more
The writing in this book wasn't great, and the various anecdotes about the beauty sch ...more
If it weren't for the abrupt ending, I would have given this book 5 stars. It was a captivating story about life for Afghan women, but the ending came out of nowhere. This book was eye-opening, to say the least. I was in the grocery store looking at magazines in line and seeing the stories about Paris Hilton buying her $700 shoes and these stars who pay ridiculous amounts of money on superficial things when people are actually living this way.
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Great story, terrible writer. Don't bother.
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