Recommended reading
Date of Review:
Dec.13.2006
Published Work:
Reviewer:
Susanne Fowler
Source:
International Herald Tribune
"Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey"
This compilation of real-life stories, edited by Istanbul residents Anastasia Ashman and Jennifer Eaton, who both married Turkish guys, brings together tidbits from the experiences of dozens of foreign women in Turkey. It's a bit of a sanitized version of life as an expat female, but the stories do entertain and inform. Read about navigating male-female relationships and one woman's really close shave in a Turkish hamam.
Link to Full Review:
Colourful, humanistic and sincere collection of women’s voices.
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—Turkey’s most-read author Elif Shafak describing the “Tales from the Expat Harem” anthology I cocreated and coedited, one of her recommended 5 best books on Turkey The Browser: Five Books (November 2010)
About Anastasia
A native of Berkeley, California with 14 years abroad in three countries, I'm a cultural writer/producer on a global rollercoaster:
fired in Hollywood,
abandoned on a snake-infested island off Borneo,
married in an Ottoman palace,
interviewed by Matt...
Connections
Causes Anastasia Ashman Supports
Vipassana Meditation Instruction (dhamma.org) Ashoka Organization of Social Entrepreneurs (ashoka.org)