Judy M. (menzrob) - , reviewed on 8/16/2010 + 81 more book reviews

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Good insight into what life is like for the women of Afghanistan, but had a hard time liking the author, which made it difficult to enjoy the book. Deborah Rodriguez comes across as a vain, self-centered, foolish woman who acts before she thinks. At times she puts others at risk -- not least of which I suspect happened to some of the women she wrote about. She's back in the U.S. making a comfortable life for herself on the proceeds from the book; they're back in Afghanistan with husbands who've heard some of the personal things written about them in the book. Given what you learn from the book about the life of women in Afghanistan, you can only surmise those women are being made even less comfortable than they were before the book. Nevertheless, it's a good resource to open your eyes to the real Afghanistan, not the one the media picks and chooses for us to see.

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