Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliMy review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is an incredible memoir that details one woman's departure and escape from Somalia and Islam. She gives a very articulate, dry-eyed account of life as a woman in Muslim culture, and the difficulty to transgress her upbringing, which she slowly manages to do.
Her story is an amazing feat: from a Muslim woman with no voice in her own life to a woman who transformed herself into a very well-educated, leading political voice, she has overcome many obstacles and made not only a name for herself but for her cause as well (to enlighten both the West and Muslims of the religion's fundamentally oppressive nature, as she tells it).
Wonderful Tonight: An Autobiography by Pattie BoydMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a fascinating rock 'n roll memoir from the perspective of a woman who helped inspire the music. Pattie Boyd, originally famous as a model, became the muse and wife for both George Harrison of the Beatles and Eric Clapton, and she very matter-of-factly details her crazy rock-'n-roll life with both of them.
Yet Pattie Boyd, while illuminating the two musicians' artistic, free-spirited and often disheveled personalities and lives, also tells her own story. She begins with her childhood, a very unorthodox life that makes sense as a precursor for her life to come, and ends with her life living, finally, on her own as a single woman. Her story, both enticing and engrossing, tells of crazy adventures, tumultuous times, self-sacrifice, soul-searching and fun along the way.
For supplementary information, visit her website: Pattie Boyd.
