Verlinda K. reviewed on 6/1/2014 + 6 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I was disappointed in this book. I found the author's descriptions of day to day life in Afghanistan very interesting, and her depiction of the lives of women a little chilling. However, about halfway through I began to find her self-described hysteria a little grating. These are real people living in a harsh climate and a rigid societal structure. The author professed to love the country and the people, but every time she encountered core differences between east and west, she seemed to come unglued. Surely she did not believe she could change an entrenched belief set one perm at a time? There was a deeper story here, possibly about hope, but I don't think the author ever captured it. By the end of the book, I wasn't sure what she had accomplished, for herself, or her Afghan friends. I gave it three stars for the point in time descriptions of daily life and atmospherics.

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