Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad
By Asne Seierstad
Publication Date - April 3, 2018
4 stars
When two sisters of a Somali family living in Norway decide
to move to war-torn Syria, their father does everything he can to bring them
home. Told in a gripping narrative,
this book does a good job showing how young Muslim immigrants fall into extreme
groups leading them to participate in religious wars in the Middle East. There are so many factors that go into the
immigrant experience as they try to both fit in and retain their cultural
identity and the author does a really good job of showing how it can lead to
religious extremity. I received a
digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest
review.
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara Ehrenreich
Publication Date - April 10, 2018
3 stars
Barbara Ehrenriech does such a good job looking at society
and how the norms (in this case regarding health, aging and death) may not be
in our best interest. Where she loses me
is her interspersed chapters dealing with scientific descriptions of how our
bodies work. It was probably my personal
expectations going into this book, but I enjoyed some chapters much more than
others. I received a digital ARC of this
book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
No comments:
Post a Comment