Flight from Chador: A Novel

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Summary: Adventure in Ethiopia & Yemen
Review: This adventure story got better around halfway through the book, where it became quite riveting. Anouk & Karen set out to rescue a young girl from an arranged marriage in Yemen, and fall in love in the process. The details are quite evocative of the African and Arab locales, and they don't overpower the story. What is so wonderful about this story is the interracial main characters, and the placement of lesbians in the Arab and Ethiopian worlds. A beautiful and thrilling adventure.

Rating:
Summary: Adventure in Ethiopia & Yemen
Review: This adventure story got better around halfway through the book, where it became quite riveting. Anouk & Karen set out to rescue a young girl from an arranged marriage in Yemen, and fall in love in the process. The details are quite evocative of the African and Arab locales, and they don't overpower the story. What is so wonderful about this story is the interracial main characters, and the placement of lesbians in the Arab and Ethiopian worlds. A beautiful and thrilling adventure.

Rating:
Summary: African Masterpiece
Review: This book brings across the true spirit of postwar colonial Africa. A must for every lover of the African and Arab cultures. Sigrid Brunel succeeds in embedding an interracial lesbian love affair into the afro-arab world with a fine sense of respect and admiration for these contrasting cultures.