An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
by
Deborah Rodriguez and Kristin Ohlson
Review: In 2002, just months after the Taliban had been driven out of Afghanistan, Rodriguez, a hairdresser from Holland, MI, joined a small nongovernmental aid organization on a mission to the war-torn nation. That visit changed her life. This is a great memoir that reads like fiction. I felt like I was reading an Americans personal diary, filled with pure honesty, but told through the eyes of an Afghanistan woman. It was fascinating to learn so much about their culture, also how the woman are perceived and the role they have in society. After reading this, I ran out to the library and picked up The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad and cannot wait to start. My "to read" list has expanded to The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi. In the near future look for some of these titles reviewed.
