01.Aug.2007 Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent
The author went into 18 months long of disguise as a man. That’s the gist of it. She blended in the “men’s world”: bowling league, strip club, monastery, door-to-door sales work, men’s movement retreat (yeah didn’t know such thing existed either until I read this book). It’s a good book, and not to mention informative. [...]
The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
The book is a collection of stories, journal, published writings of Amy Tan. This time it’s non-fiction. I found the book in Biography section. I wouldn’t miss this book, because I’m such a fan of Tan :) There are some chapters that I love so much, but some others I had a bit of struggle [...]
Burned Alive by Souad
Burned Alive is a story about a woman from Palestine, who was burned alive by her own brother-in-law because she was pregnant (of course, outside marriage). The man was asked the favour by her own parents, supported by her own brother and married sister. Reading it was very depressing. She told all the stories about [...]
Desert Dawn by Waris Dirie
“I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes. I had no idea where my family was in Somalia. At first it seemed impossible—almost as impossible as a camel girl becoming a fashion model.” ~ Waris I read this book altogether with the first one, Desert Flower. [...]
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie
Desert Flower is a life story about Waris, a desert nomad from Somalia who ran away from her country and was becoming a fashion model. She posed for Levi’s, Revlon, and L’Oreal, just to mention a few. Today still Revlon lists her as “the most beautiful woman in the world”, together with Cindy Crawford, Claudie [...]
Princess Sultana’s Daughters by Jean Sasson
The second series of the Princess Trilogy. I know this will sound a bit sad, but after reading the first book, some of the incidents in the second book didn’t sound that tragic anymore, and that’s why at times during the reading I kind of lost the initial interest. I felt so bad about it, [...]