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I found the author's first-hand account of what it was like for a fair skinned western woman to wear the veil and move amongst locals unobserved to be a fascinating story. I thought she showed empathy and compassion towards the people of Afghanistan so I don't understand the real bookseller's anger towards her (see http://www.kabulguide.net/kbl-bookseller.htm) - maybe the truth embarrassed him. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the book.
I loved this book. I was in my teens through the years covered by this story and while we did have "help", my mother never treated anyone like the wicked women in this book - although I'm sure these stories actually happened in the south. Well-written. Draws you into the characters and makes you fear/cheer for them. Left me hoping for The Help - Part II.
In Biblical times women didn't have book clubs, bridge clubs, or Ladies Golf day at the country club... but they knew the importance of sisterhood. Fascinating insight into what their relationships "might have been" in an otherwise male-dominated world. Laughed with them, cried with them. I couldn't put it down.
This is a very sad, poignant story of the relationship between two Indian women: the lady of the house and her servant. In their own way, each is worried and terrified of life around them. Even women in wealthy homes are servants in a way ... to their husbands and male children. Sometimes I had to put the book down because it made me unbearably sad but I had to come back to it to find out what happened to both women.
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