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All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World
by Zora O'Neill
I absolutely loved this book. I love languages and linguistics. Although I did not intend to read this book at this particular moment (I am currently attempting to read all the books on the SC Librarians Association book award nominee lists for middle grades and high school), after mistakenly checking the kindle version out from the library, I went ahead and read it. Devoured it, is more like it.
Although I do not hold a strong desire to learn Arabic, I possess an intense desire to become more fluent in Spanish, a language which I have dubbed my "heart language." To read this book while on vacation in Spain? The word "serendipitous" comes to mind.
Although O'Neill's chronology could use some work differentiating for the reader between what happened on her previous study abroad trips to these areas and what happened on the trips taken for the express purpose of writing the book (the reason for four stars instead of five), I loved this book. I could nearly feel her passion for the language and every other emotion she felt on this journey ooze out from the pages. I seriously want to undergo intensive study in Spanish now. Maybe two summers from now?
I highly recommend this book, especially to all the language lovers out there.
Although I do not hold a strong desire to learn Arabic, I possess an intense desire to become more fluent in Spanish, a language which I have dubbed my "heart language." To read this book while on vacation in Spain? The word "serendipitous" comes to mind.
Although O'Neill's chronology could use some work differentiating for the reader between what happened on her previous study abroad trips to these areas and what happened on the trips taken for the express purpose of writing the book (the reason for four stars instead of five), I loved this book. I could nearly feel her passion for the language and every other emotion she felt on this journey ooze out from the pages. I seriously want to undergo intensive study in Spanish now. Maybe two summers from now?
I highly recommend this book, especially to all the language lovers out there.