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Dec 01, 2021
Julie Griffin
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"Today is Nazo Heydo's wedding day, and today she will set herself on fire."
Hmmm. A book can only go uphill from there. Or maybe not.
A culture and place I know very little about is the Yazidis and their place in Syria, Iraq and Turkey. I appreciated learning much about this ancient culture and people through this book.
This book is not an easy read. It follows the fates of a woman and a man from fleeing their Yazidi village following its takeover from Daesh (ISIS) to a future almost twenty years ...more
Nov 27, 2021
Lorri
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