133,022
edits
Changes
From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to searchNewest Autobiography Reviews (view source)
Revision as of 11:02, 24 November 2014
, 11:02, 24 November 2014no edit summary
[[Category:Autobiography|*]]
[[Category:New Reviews|Autobiography]] __NOTOC__<!-- Remove -->
{{newreview
|author=Jennifer Klinec
|title=The Temporary Bride: A Memoir of Love and Food in Iran
|rating=3.5
|genre=Autobiography
|summary=Jennifer Klinec is the daughter of Hungarian immigrant parents who ran an automotive factory in southwest Ontario. She learned early on to be self-sufficient, even enrolling herself in boarding schools in Switzerland and Dublin. After graduation she moved to London, made a pile as an investment banker, and opened her own cookery school. At age 31, though, she decided to travel to the Iranian city of Yazd to learn Persian dishes. She met Vahid, 25, a military veteran with an engineering background, in a park and he introduced her to his mother for cooking lessons.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1844088235</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|summary=I can’t understand why Ian Mathie isn’t a more celebrated writer and commentator on African cultural affairs. I’ve never yet heard him on radio, re-telling episodes from his memorable life. Our loss. Africa is moving forward, but to understand the Africa of today we need to pay attention to its recent past as well as its early colonial history. Ian’s unassuming witness of African tribes as they slowly emerged into the world of the 1970’s is unparalleled for its authenticity and depth of experience. This recent memoir is his best constructed yet; a seriously informative tale for anyone who wants to know about the real Africa beneath the surface of today’s mobile phones and pre-loved designer jeans.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906852278</amazonuk>
}}
