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bookish_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
martewin's review against another edition
4.0
I decided to read this book because my boyfriend comes from Kirkuk, a city in Iraq that it's still not part of Iraqi Kurdistan but where a lot of Kurdish people live (like his family). He doesn't like to talk about the situation of his country - and I respect that, so I try to learn what I can from books.
This book has a really simple, linear writing style, and yet it was a constant punch in the stomach. I had no idea of what the Kurdish population had to go through during the time Saddam was the leader of Iraq. It made so sad to read Joanna's words and her optimism, when even now Kurdish people have to fight every day. I thought a lot about the Ethnic cleansing that went on in the North of Syria some months ago, for example.
I read this and thought about all the Kurdish people I've known so far: what did their families have to go through? All they ever tell me is how beautiful their land is, and in a way all I can do is envy them for the strong connection they have with Kurdistan, just like the one Joanna describes in her story.
This book has a really simple, linear writing style, and yet it was a constant punch in the stomach. I had no idea of what the Kurdish population had to go through during the time Saddam was the leader of Iraq. It made so sad to read Joanna's words and her optimism, when even now Kurdish people have to fight every day. I thought a lot about the Ethnic cleansing that went on in the North of Syria some months ago, for example.
I read this and thought about all the Kurdish people I've known so far: what did their families have to go through? All they ever tell me is how beautiful their land is, and in a way all I can do is envy them for the strong connection they have with Kurdistan, just like the one Joanna describes in her story.
nadiaklepsvik's review against another edition
4.0
Such a sad story filled with crazy crazy experiences that I could never even imagine overcoming myself. Joanna was a courageous girl.
allbookedup_'s review against another edition
3.0
I've read threw or four Jean Sasson books and I feel like some of the events are true and some are not. This story of Joanna felt more true then others. The fact there were actual photographs made it a little easier to believe.
Hearing about the horrors of the Iraqi Kurd fights when it's something I didn't even know happened really opened my eyes up to things that were happening in Iraq before any American wars reached its soil.
Hearing about the horrors of the Iraqi Kurd fights when it's something I didn't even know happened really opened my eyes up to things that were happening in Iraq before any American wars reached its soil.
claired1982's review against another edition
5.0
this book was amazing and truely opened my eyes too the suffering that has gone on in iraq not only with poor innocent victims but ppl fighting for their land a true inspiration
claire1982's review against another edition
5.0
this book was amazing and truely opened my eyes too the suffering that has gone on in iraq not only with poor innocent victims but ppl fighting for their land a true inspiration
elzasbokhylla's review against another edition
4.0
This is an important book about an important part of the world’s history, sadly a part that not a lot of people know about.
This book is about the Kurdish peshmerga and the Kurdish peoples fight against Saddam Hussein’s regime. It’s based on a true story, Joannas story, a peshmergas wife that fights for the Kurdish cause alongside her husband in the mountains. We follow Joanna from when she was a child in Bagdad and her experience of the war to her life as a peshmerga. When I read this book I realized that this isn’t just Joannas story, it’s the entire Kurdish peoples story. I recognized a lot of the emotions and experience because it’s my parents’ story, my auntie’s story and my uncle’s story. I’ve heard this story so many times, in so many different ways and it’s still relevant to hear it again. I recommend you to read this book and educate yourself.
This book is about the Kurdish peshmerga and the Kurdish peoples fight against Saddam Hussein’s regime. It’s based on a true story, Joannas story, a peshmergas wife that fights for the Kurdish cause alongside her husband in the mountains. We follow Joanna from when she was a child in Bagdad and her experience of the war to her life as a peshmerga. When I read this book I realized that this isn’t just Joannas story, it’s the entire Kurdish peoples story. I recognized a lot of the emotions and experience because it’s my parents’ story, my auntie’s story and my uncle’s story. I’ve heard this story so many times, in so many different ways and it’s still relevant to hear it again. I recommend you to read this book and educate yourself.
ejazhusseini's review against another edition
3.0
A complete survival story seen through the eyes of humanity.