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Enes Smith sucks the reader into two distinct worlds where most of us have yet to venture. Though the situations are desperate and the pages fly by, you may find yourself putting off reading the last chapters, saddened to be leaving behind the delightful cast of characters he has created.
I am a very well read English teacher and life long bookworm. I am also someone who loves travel and adventure, and visited Fiji as a very small child. This is one of my very favorite books. Joana McIntyre Varawa captures the beautiful culture of the real Fiji, while weaving a true story of longing, hope and perseverance. I rate this with Hemingway, Bill Bryson, and William Least-Heat Moon.
This book is a compelling story of the struggle one woman has to reconcile the past and present, her life in England with her years growing up in Iran. Yasmin Crowther provides westerners excellent insight into the traditions and family structure of her mother's country. It is at times tender, heartwrenching and hopeful.
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Cold River Rising by Enes Smith
Kathryn Halpin, January 7, 2009
Enes Smith sucks the reader into two distinct worlds where most of us have yet to venture. Though the situations are desperate and the pages fly by, you may find yourself putting off reading the last chapters, saddened to be leaving behind the delightful cast of characters he has created.Changes in latitude :an uncommon anthropology by Joana Varawa
Kathryn Halpin, June 2, 2008
I am a very well read English teacher and life long bookworm. I am also someone who loves travel and adventure, and visited Fiji as a very small child. This is one of my very favorite books. Joana McIntyre Varawa captures the beautiful culture of the real Fiji, while weaving a true story of longing, hope and perseverance. I rate this with Hemingway, Bill Bryson, and William Least-Heat Moon.The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther
Kathryn Halpin, April 8, 2008
This book is a compelling story of the struggle one woman has to reconcile the past and present, her life in England with her years growing up in Iran. Yasmin Crowther provides westerners excellent insight into the traditions and family structure of her mother's country. It is at times tender, heartwrenching and hopeful.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)