Let's travel to Damascus, Syria! Our next book club will meet to discuss the book The Bread of Angels by Stephanie Saldana.
Here's a Book Summary
In
2004, twenty-seven-year old Stephanie Saldaña arrives in Damascus with a
broken heart and a haunted family history that she has crossed the
world to escape. She has come on a fellowship to study the role of Jesus
in Islam, but speaks very little Arabic, has no friends in the city,
and has no place to live. Nor is it an ideal time to be in the
region—the United States has recently invaded neighboring Iraq, and
refugees are flooding into the streets of Damascus. Still, Stephanie
does the only thing she can think of: she begins knocking on doors in
the Christian Quarter, asking strangers if they have a room to rent.
So
begins The Bread of Angels, the unforgettable memoir of one woman’s
search for faith, love, and the meaning of her life in the place she
least expects to find it.
We're meeting on Sunday May 6th at 2pm at the Epicenter Cafe in the SOMA neighborhood.
Next Book:
June 2012 - The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
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