This fascinating book was a total eye-opener, teaching me things about the Jews of the Middle East, and in particular, of Iraq and Kurdistan, that I new nothing about. I have made aware of a vast gap in my knowledge. It is also a poignant and moving family story, and a timely reminder of the myr...
Really interesting format: thirty some pages about theories about how spaces affect how we act, followed by nine stories (each of which is preceded by a one page introduction to the space they met in), and then at the end, some conclusion and where they are now.Some of the stories I thought were ...
Yona Sabar was born to an illiterate mother and peddler father in a mud hut in the mountains of Kurdish Iraq. Stephanie Kruger was born to a Manhattan CEO and his fashionable wife, holders of season tickets to the Metropolitan Opera. Yona, twenty-seven, had been in America for less than a year, f...