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S'està carregant… Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life (2003 original; edició 2003)de Queen Noor (Autor)
Informació de l'obraLeap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life de Queen Noor (2003) Women in Islam (11) S'està carregant…
Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Here's what I wrote in 2008 about this read: "Very interesting to read about the middle east from a completely different perspective! Young, Princeton-educated American Lisa Halaby marries the King of Jordan (his fourth wife), and become passionately committed to his country and his causes. Fastinating!" This book was a deeply emotional read for me. Members of my husband's family were employees of Queen Noor's family so I always heard from my late, beloved sister-in-law how wonderful Queen Noor and King Hussein were. Being Jewish myself and having lived in Israel, I was most interested in reading about King Hussein's fervent desire to help bring about peace between Arab nations and Israel. From stories I heard about about King Hussein in his non-royal role, I greatly appreciated learning in this book about his life-style with Queen Noor. My favorite picture in the book is one in which Queen Noor and King Hussein are out riding his motorcycle. It brought back memories of hearing from my husband's family about the King's checking out Harley-Davidson dealerships when he was in the Washington area. This biography seems more like a friend sharing a precious diary with me than a Queen having written her memoirs for people the world over. Everything seems so personal. I found it extremely difficult to read the very end of the book which described King Hussein's failing health and then his death at age 62 of cancer. I have a special copy of this book, signed to me by Queen Noor. I never read this book before. I'm not sure why. However, I think it means more to me now as I can reflect back on what Queen Noor and King Hussein not only meant to my husband's family, but what they meant to the whole world, and how special the Queen and King were as individuals with their hearts in exactly the right place. I know a memoir is all about "you" but Queen Noor seems to unnecessarily toot her own horn too much when IMHO she should have let the facts speak for themselves without the commentary. We can figure out on our own how wonderful she is without her telling us so on every page. And some of her "facts" are spin. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Sharing a personal perspective on the past three decades of world history, Queen Noor talks frankly of the many challenges of her life as wife and partner to the monarch, providing both an intimate portrait of the late King Hussein and a moving account of their public role. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Still, in many ways I found the book a bit of a “lecture”, on the Arab way of thinking . Still I am happy to understand better the Arab viewpoint in the Middle East and to learn about the extraordinary man who was King Hussein ( )