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In the tradition of Wild Swans comes this unique epic saga of an Iraqi family that illuminates the country and its people as never before. n nIts an admirable endeavor to have Iraq addressed by someone who is in so many ways able to approach it from two worlds. . . . Tamara Chalabi has the stuff, in every sense, that is needful to undertake this. --Christopher Hitchensn nIn the tradition of Jung Changs Wild Swans and Bhutto Benazirs Reconciliation comes Tamara Chalabis unique memoir of returning to her familys homeland, Iraq. In this epic story of one daughters journey through the annals of her familys tumultuous history, Chalabis powerful voice and piercing vision illuminate her country and its people as never before.n nJust ten days after Baghdads fall in 2003, Tamara Chalabi arrived in the city after a lifetime in exile--finally entering the homeland shed known only through stories and her own imagination.n nInvestigating four generations of her familys history at the forefront of Iraqi society, Chalabi offers a rich portrait of Middle Eastern life and a provocative look at a lost Iraq. Unforgettable characters provide glimpses of the end of the Ottoman Empire, the birth of the Iraqi state, the flowering of the Paris of the Middle East, and Iraqs descent into chaos. At once intimate and magisterial, Chalabis memoir of return and reclamation vividly captures the rich history of a country shattered by war and a family that has never forgotten its past.n
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