![]() ![]() ![]() The way it's presented is almost like its just one of those humorous things that eccentric fathers do & mothers ignore. At one point in the story, she writes that her younger brother Gamal was getting beaten every day and they looked & compared their bruises. For example the fact Nidali's father beats her regularly is treated very lightly. Her father is an interesting mixture because he has huge ambitions for Nidali not wanting her to be just someone's wife & wanting her to go to college, but he's also very old fashioned & spends a lot of time trying to stop her from being a 'whore.' Some of this was funny & some felt a little forced. more ssion & practicality while her mother is artistic and loves to play the piano. Her father is a poet at heart but an architect by profe. Nidali's parents are very colorful characters who engage in frequent bickering laced with a lot of affection. But this is fiction.It's a quick easy book to read peppered with lots of humorous anecdotes. It feels a little like a memoir as well as the author shares a similar background. But for all the exoticness of the main character this story is your basic coming of age story. She's an entire melting pot all by herself. She's born in Boston but then grows up in Kuwait moves to Egypt and eventually moves to Texas. Nidali has a mother who's Greek & Egyptian and a Palestinian father. Review 1: It's not often (never) that I've read a lighthearted book that takes place in the Middle East so this was a nice change of pace. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Winter road trip!! You may have thought Planes, Trains, and Automobiles was funny… It’s been a week since Zane found that note from Divide & Conquer, 4. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Cut & Run, Sticks & Stones, Fish & Chips, Divide & Conquer, Stars & Stripes, Touch & Geaux, Ball & Chain, Shock & Awe, Cross & Crown, "Bait & Switch", Crash & Burn, Part & Parcel, "Brick & Mortar Books", "Dine & Dash", "High & Tight", "Shake and Bake", Past & Presentsįifth in the Cut & Run romantic suspense series and revolving around two FBI partners: Zane and Ty, who are based in Baltimore. It is part of the Cut & Run #5 series and is a erotica, romantic suspense in eBook edition that was published by Dreamspinner Press on and has 330 pages. 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This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. ![]() ![]() ![]() Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, and she lives a sheltered and very happy life on earth, far from Olympus. But I also think it would appeal to those who like YA romance, or who are curious about mythological retellings or lesbian romances. ![]() It is tagged as “YA” in many places, including the author’s website, and there are things about it, such as the tone and style of the story telling – it is from Persephone’s first-person point of view, that cause me to agree with the YA tag. The Dark Wife is Sarah Diemer’s lesbian retelling of the Persephone myth. This book will sneak up on you, steal your loose change and run away with your afternoon if you let it. I was exhausted, but I didn’t want to stop reading. I woke up early the next morning to finish the book, because I had to find out what happened. 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