by Barbara Cohen, Bahija Lovejoy
I don't know how many times I've read this book over the last 18 years. The pages are getting brittle, but it's satisfying every time. Perfect when I want to read but only have a few hours to invest.
Based on an 11th Century Iraqi oral folk tale, this is a story of a young woman from a family of six other sisters, a family who is shunned on account of not having any sons. This young woman disguises herself and ventures out into a man's world to seek her fortune as a trader, and to bring honor to...
I had never heard this story before so I can't say how well it was done compared to the original folktale, but I enjoyed this. It felt like something I would have read when I was younger, like Aesop's Fables or such, but I enjoyed the Arab setting which is a change of pace for me.
One of my most favorite books. I can read it over and over and never get tired of it.
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