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Shailesh Thakor shaileshds009a — Elements of the plot didn't gel for me, but the way the characters express themselves felt genuine, real. So long as the premise intrigued me, I would read more of Schroeder's work.

Alena Nekrasova www_enics04da6 — Amazing. Just amazing. Nothing I could say in my allotted 4,000 characters could possibly do this book justice, so I'll just put it this way: Before I even started reading it, I knew East of Eden was destined to end up in my Top 5. John Steinbeck is, hands down, my favorite writer (why did it take me until two years ago to start reading him?), and although I loved both of the previous Steinbeck books I'd read (The Grapes of Wrath and Travels With Charley), deep down I knew they weren't it. This was it.

Urban Eriksson urbaneriksson — I could not stop reading this book.Ms. Bin Ladin writes about her experiences being married to a brother of Osama Bin Laden and what it meant to be a foreigner (she was from Switzerland) in Saudi Arabia..... more importantly.. what it meant to be a WOMAN in Saudi Arabia.Reading this book made me feel grateful to be a woman in the United States. Although there are times when women in the United States have felt frustrated with the pace of change, reading about women's lives in Saudi Arabia was a real eye-opening experience. Ms. Bin Ladin expresses it so eloquently..." A wife in Saudi Arabia cannot do anything without her husband's permission. She cannot go out, cannot study, often cannoteven eat at his table. Women in Saudi Arabia must live in obedience, in isolation and in fear that they may be cast out and summarily divorced." Ms. Bin Ladin's story was captivating. She had three daughters to care for and her life would have been much easier financially speaking if she had decided to stay in her marriage to Yeslam Bin Laden. However, BECAUSE of these daughters and her wish they grow up feeling valued and able to become the women they SHOULD become, she chose to leave Saudi Arabia and endure a very ugly custody battle with her ex-husband. Her story kept me on the edge of my seat and I am filled with admiration for her strength. This was a very illuminating look at the 'frozen in medieval time' country of Saudi Arabia.

Federico Maksimiuk _liseslima — This is one of those books that came to me unexpectedly just when it was exactly the sort of book I was ready for. I found it in a cafe that sold second hand books in Whitehorse, while visiting the Yukon. It is a quirky cute book of thoughts on life in the form of little stories, drawings and imaginings that was exactly the sort of playful insight into life I needed at the moment. " We lay there & looked up at the night sky & she told me about stars called blue squares & red swirls & I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own."

Shalon Davis _halondd117533 — This book is loved by many but I dislike magical realism as a genre. It is longwinded, hard to follow and silly. I appreciate what he has done for the literary world but, it is NOT for me.