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Jan 27, 2014
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My thoughts on this book are not uncomplicated and are more dependent on when you asked me for said opinions than 85% of books I read, which are much more straight-forward.
When I picked up this book, it was my third attempt of the night to read something. The other two I put down before reaching the end of the first chapter, but Mistress Of Nothing captured my interest before the first page was through.
But then--the middle act. It just left some odd tastes in my mouth. Despite being a first pers ...more
When I picked up this book, it was my third attempt of the night to read something. The other two I put down before reaching the end of the first chapter, but Mistress Of Nothing captured my interest before the first page was through.
But then--the middle act. It just left some odd tastes in my mouth. Despite being a first pers ...more
Normally things that Just.Would.Not.Happen.put me off, but this one pulled me in. In a culture/country where an unmarried woman who dared sleep with a man would get her stoned to death (and, this is after all set more than a century ago in Victorian/Edwardian-era Egypt)the story of an English ladies' maid and her expatriate life in Egypt with her TB-suffering mistress was too compelling, too tastefully written to toss aside. Sally, Omar, M'lady are a crisis-formed family. The transgression sends
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Beautiful, heartfelt story slowly unfolding as, like Egypt itself, the heat builds. This is a period piece, reflecting a bygone era where women has so few choices. Powerful and perceptive in it's treatment of choices and the outcomes that follow.
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