Self has finished reading the Amanda Lindhout memoir (written with Sara Corbett), A House in the Sky. She decided she would just have to get it over… Read more “How Iceland Changed the World: Introduction”
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World Food Programme, Mogadishu
Since everyone already knows what happens to Amanda and Nigel, the calmness of the prose is creating a very tight knot of tension in self’s stomach. She’s… Read more “World Food Programme, Mogadishu”
Uneasy in Mogadishu
Airport security use whips to keep order in the Mogadishu Airport, one barely grazing Amanda’s head. Amanda’s traveling with her ex-boyfriend, who left his job as a… Read more “Uneasy in Mogadishu”
Girl Was Learning, Just Not Fast Enough
I tacked my way from Bangladesh into India by bus and train, arriving in Calcutta sometime in February and finding a room at the Salvation Army guesthouse,… Read more “Girl Was Learning, Just Not Fast Enough”
“Are you sure you don’t want to just stay at the Sheraton?”
Yes, yes, stay at the Sheraton! self wants to scream at Amanda Lindhout. Because, even though Ayelet Tsabari, in The Art of Leaving, takes a lot of… Read more ““Are you sure you don’t want to just stay at the Sheraton?””
A Southern City
Self is still reading the Prologue of A House in the Sky, which has been stunning. The detachment of the narrative voice is almost painful, it reads… Read more “A Southern City”
A HOUSE IN THE SKY, by Amanda Lindhout with Sara Corbett
Surely dear blog readers don’t need self to explain who Amanda Lindhout is. So she’ll just dive right in. The narrative voice is strong. Opening Paragraph (Prologue):… Read more “A HOUSE IN THE SKY, by Amanda Lindhout with Sara Corbett”
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