This book chronicles the true story of an Iraqi woman, Rafraf Barrak, who grew up in Baghdad and her first encounters with Americans during the early part of the U.S. involvement in her country in 2003. As she meets more and more Americans she goes through a process of discovering the truth and separating it from the propaganda that the Hussein regime had propagated.
Barrak eventually meets news correspondent, Don Teague, when she takes a job with the news network as a translator. When things get too dangerous for her in Iraq, Don begins the long process of helping her immigrate to the USA.
The book is a simply fascinating, real-life story. It does a great job depicting the contrasts between life in Iraq and the US. Teague and Barrak chronicle the challenges and victories that they each face throughout the process of adjusting to American life. A great story that I highly recommend.
This is rather sentimental account of the rescue of a young Afghan woman who risked her life to translate for the Americans in Afghan, more for ambition than friendship, who learned to appreciate them and the freedoms their country offered. It is a good description of the hardships and handicaps endured by women in strict Moslem ruled countries, where laws and tradition seem far too strict and very unfair to women, thereby wasting an enormous amount of talent and potential. Maybe people who read the book will be more sympathetic and caring about the plight of women in other societies. One would hope it would make them more open to the idea of Mulims, even though the attitudes of the father and brother are reprehensible.… (plus d'informations)
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Barrak eventually meets news correspondent, Don Teague, when she takes a job with the news network as a translator. When things get too dangerous for her in Iraq, Don begins the long process of helping her immigrate to the USA.
The book is a simply fascinating, real-life story. It does a great job depicting the contrasts between life in Iraq and the US. Teague and Barrak chronicle the challenges and victories that they each face throughout the process of adjusting to American life. A great story that I highly recommend.
For my in depth audio podcast review: http://www.bookwormbanquet.com/2017/06/review-of-saved-by-her-enemy-by-don-teagu...… (plus d'informations)