I LOVED this book. I found it very interesting, sweet, nostalgic, intelligent, charming...a very entertaining read. Touching too! Her voice is humble and clear. Her memories capture a time of great change in the world: airplanes, motorcars, WWI and WWII. She looks back from the great age of 75 at her entire life, her parents, her homes, her loves, her family, her extensive travels, her books and plays. She paints a lovely, somewhat idealized view, concentrating most on the times that brought her joy but not leaving out the times of great sorrow that she experienced. I especially loved her memories of childhood and girlhood. I really enjoyed seeing the world through her eyes, especially her stories of Baghdad--a loving portrait of an area that has changed SO MUCH from the way she remembered it. She would be heartbroken over its travails today.
It was a beautiful book. I highly recommend it.
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