Book Review: The Bread of Angels

The Bread of Angels: A Memoir of Love and Faith in Damascus by Stephanie Saldana

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Stephanie Saldana spent a year in Damascus as a Fulbright Scholar studying the role of Jesus in Islam. Along the way she also embarks upon a personal journey and learns a lot about herself as well.

I really enjoyed this book. Comparisons to Eat, Pray, Love are inevitable and I liked this book a lot more than Eat, Pray, Love (or as I call it Eat, Pray, Whine). Stephanie was not a whiner. She was a touch melodramatic at times but still likable. I learned quite a bit about Syrian culture, Arabic, Islam and even Christianity from her too.

(I received this book courtesy of the Early Reviewers program.)
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