The Kurdish Bike A Novel Author:Alesa Lightbourne ?Courageous teachers wanted to rebuild war-torn nation.? With her marriage over and life gone flat, Theresa Turner responds to an online ad, and lands at a school in Kurdish Iraq. Befriended by a widow in a nearby village, Theresa is embroiled in the joys and agonies of traditional Kurds, especially the women who survived Saddam?s genocide only... more » to be crippled by age-old restrictions, brutality and honor killings. Theresa?s greatest challenge will be balancing respect for cultural values while trying to introduce more enlightened attitudes toward women ? at the same time seeking new spiritual dimensions within herself.? The Kurdish Bike is gripping, tender, wry and compassionate ? an eye-opener into little-known customs in one of the world?s most explosive regions ? a novel of love, betrayal and redemption.« less