" This is the most spellbinding memoir I have ever read. Stephanie has a passion for the Middle East. She got a Fullbright scholarship to study Arabic in Syria & learns it, studies the Quran & teaches it. She spends a month in a Monastery. She makes briends wherever she goes--her landlord, the shop keepers, her teachers, students in her classes, and people in the monastery. (This reminds me of Olivia's passion for the Middle East. Olivia met this author at OU & corresponds with her on facebook.) "
— Jeanette, 1/21/2014