false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177010428m/673659.jpg 673659 14 From the best-selling author of <I>The Bookseller of Kabul</I>, an intimate look at the daily lives of women, children, and other noncombatants under siege in Baghdad <P> For one hundred and one days Asne Seierstad worked as a reporter in Baghdad. Always in search of a story far less obvious than the American military invasion, Seierstad brings to life the world behind the headlines in this compelling--and heartbreaking--account of her time among the people of Iraq. From the moment she first arrived in Baghdad on a ten-day visa, she was determined to unearth the modern secrets of an ancient place and to find out how the Iraqi people really live. <P> What do people miss most when their world changes overnight? What do they choose to say when they can suddenly say what they like? Seierstad reveals what life is like for everyday people under the constant threat of attack- first from the Iraqi government and later from American bombs. Displaying the novelist's eye and lyrical storytelling that have won her awards around the world, Seierstad here brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters, from foreign press <I>apparatchik</I> Uday, to Zahra, a mother of three, to Aliya, the guide and translator who becomes a friend. Putting their trust in a European woman with no obvious agenda, these and other Iraqis speak for themselves, to tell the stories we never see on the evening news. 1036110 book 2003 A Hundred And One Days total:216|5:57|4:90|3:61|2:7|1:1| 216 843 383 52 4 1 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 09:46:52 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 13:35:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 14:04:18 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 12:35:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Nov 19 16:20:46 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 23 22:41:34 -0800 2009 1- It is not written in Seierstad's usual manner (where she writes about the lives of her subjects) this book is about her experiences
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Iraq’s deterioration as a nation started in 1980 because of the 8 year Iran-Iraq war started by Saddam Hussein and then the disastrous invasion of Kuwait 2 years after the war. And then there was the 12 years UN sanction.

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The first half of the book sees Seierst...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 22:34:32 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 21:43:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 10:55:03 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 19 10:48:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Feb 13 09:15:49 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:17:47 -0800 2009 Good book, gives good information about the war and the people living there.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 04 13:10:26 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 13:10:26 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 06 08:18:11 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 06:35:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 08:18:11 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 13:41:41 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 13:59:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 12:38:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:19:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 30 13:37:01 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 13:38:10 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 15:56:55 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 06:56:34 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=673659