The View from Garden City, by Carolyn Baugh weaves the experience of an American student in Cairo with the stories of the women she meets in her building. The American girl serves as a transition between the Egyptian women’s stories, but I felt that her character wasn’t very well developed. Frank...
She gathered herself slowly and painfully, determined to come up with some kind of breakfast for Ahmad before school. When he walked into the kitchen, he found her pouring hot milk into matching mugs that held Lipton tea bags. He stopped to stare at her before sitting down. “What’s the matter wit...