I quite enjoy this book as it bought back memories of my childhood (as a displaced migrant after WW2 to another country, with no English and eggplant sandwiches for lunch a school)
I love the little footnotes at the end of each chapter, although it did call for a some flipping backwards and forward in some places. And I found the first two thirds of the book interesting in the experiences especial the years in Saudi.
The last part of the book was a little harder to get through, as it got kind of bogged down, and the footnotes did not have that edge to them, but all in all it was an interesting book to read. The re- awakening of memories shows there isn't a lot of difference in times or nationalities, although I think this book shows these days people are more tolerant, curious or maybe more polite than in the 1950s

A fun, charming read that was informative about one Muslim-American immigrant experience. I generally quite enjoyed it.

First, I rather enjoyed this book.

Ayser tells us her story broken down in to three parts, each part detailing a different period in her life. Ayser talks of her assimilation in to American (and then Saudi) life and the challenges and successes along the way. The book is both humorous and insightful - as someone who also moved around a lot growing up I could very much relate to the process of acclimatising to a new place.

I will say that there was a lot of repetition, especially for such a book under 300 pages. This kind of pulled me away from the narrative a little as I wasn't sure why I was hearing that she went by "Lisa" instead of Ayser for the 3rd time in 20 pages and it interrupted my reading experience somewhat.

A worthy own voices read and one that I would recommend to anyone.

Thank you to Netgalley and Skyhorse for this ARC in trade for an honest review.

Funny and not to be missed!

Thanks to author,publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free,it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.