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Kingdom of the Film Stars
Kingdom of the Film Stars: Journey Into Jordan | Annie Caulfield
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This volume is both a travel book and a love story. Anne Caulfield writes of travelling in Jordan and falling in love with a Bedouin. Her narrative offers insights into the country - from the traditional tent life of nomadic tribes to the first woman MPs battle with fundamentalist colleagues. Many Western myths about the Arab world are unpicked by the author, but this is not an impersonal analysis as the cultural and political issues presented are all set within the framework of a love story.
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Look what arrived today, @squirrelbrain !

This book has been on my radar every since @BookishTrish first posted about it. And your Litsy Book Mail stickers!!! I‘ve been coveting them for ages!! 😆

Thanks so much, my friend. What a happy mail day! 💖💖

Hooked_on_books How cool! 4y
squirrelbrain Wow - that didn‘t take long! I hope you enjoy the book - I really liked it. 4y
BookishTrish ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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BookishTrish Hope you love it every bit as much as I do 4y
MsMelissa Love it! 4y
Cathythoughts Brilliant 👍🏻💫 4y
rubyslippersreads @squirrelbrain Where did you get those fabulous stickers? 😍😍😍 4y
squirrelbrain My husband makes them for me @rubyslippersreads - I only send them to the *best* Littens - would you like some? 😁 Drop me an email to helenharrogate at gmail dot com 4y
BookNAround What a phenomenal gift! Love the stickers and the bookmark. 😁 4y
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I wasn‘t sure of this at first as it started with the author falling in love with a Bedouin and I thought the whole book would be a bit ‘me, me me‘.

However, this soon turns into a study of the ‘ordinary‘ Jordanian people, which is just the kind of travel book that I prefer. The relationship between Annie and Rathwan actually serves to reflect the other people that they meet, particularly his family and friends.

#readingasia2021
#jordan

squirrelbrain Did you want to read this one @LeahBergen ? I can send it to you if you like. 4y
Librarybelle Sounds interesting! 4y
BarbaraBB Sounds good indeed! You are learning a lot I think! 4y
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LeahBergen @squirrelbrain 😍😍 How sweet! What a lovely offer ... but I live in Canada. Are you still offering? 😆😆 4y
squirrelbrain Of course @LeahBergen ! I actually thought you were in the US so Canada is just fine! It will go to my Mum first to read but I can send it in a couple of weeks. Drop me an email to helenharrogate at gmail dot com with your address. 4y
LeahBergen That‘s so nice of you (and I hope Mum enjoys it, too)! Off to send you an email now. ❤️ 4y
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My #bookspin book has been hanging around on the board for a few months and I‘ve been so wanting to read it but it‘s never fallen quite right.

My #doublespin book, tagged, is for #readingasia2021 #jordan.

Excited to get going on these!

LiteraryinPA The Amy Byler book was one of my favorites!! I recommended it to lots of friends. 4y
robinb So cozy... 💓 4y
LeahBergen I‘ve been wanting to read the tagged book for years! I can‘t wait to hear what you think of it. 4y
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squirrelbrain I‘m looking forward to it @LiteraryinLititz ! 4y
squirrelbrain It‘s a used copy that I found online @LeahBergen - I can always send it to you when I‘m done, if it‘s any good! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y
Caroline2 😯 these both sound really good. 👍 4y
LeahBergen I didn‘t get a notification of your tag here or I would‘ve replied! So annoying when this happens. 🙄 4y
squirrelbrain Don‘t worry @LeahBergen - I remembered that you‘d said it was on your TBR..... 4y
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Tagged - I don‘t know how easy it would be to replace this book and I love it so much 2. The near complete works of David Eggers 3. Marshmallows THANKS for the tag @Andrea4 Interested? @teebe @PurpleyPumpkin

PurpleyPumpkin I didn‘t get to this, but I appreciate the Litsy love!💜 6y
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Least favourite? I‘ll read anything but don‘t like graphic sex scenes. 3. Explore 4. Brown 5. I usually say the tagged book. It‘s definitely the book I reread the most often with the most fondness. @MinDea #humpdaypost

CouronneDhiver Pssst- just starting the 2nd last chapter of our book! 😊 7y
BookishTrish I‘m on Chapter 32. I‘ll catch up this week! Read on! 7y
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Congratulations on your milestone @ErinSueG #5kgiveaway I have several favourite books, the tagged book is an undiscovered gem of a travel memoir. I reread it often. ❤️❤️❤️

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I know it's like choosing a favourite child, but whenever the topic of my all-time favourite book comes up so does this book. It blends insight into Jordanian history and culture with a very personal love story between two very different yet very similar people. I'm always in tears when I turn the last page. Simply beautiful. Also, while reading it this time, I found out the author has passed away. I wish I'd have written to her and told her

BookishTrish How much her book means to me. 8y
Lacythebookworm That book sounds brilliant! Thanks for sharing 😊 8y
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I love this book so much. This is my third copy. It's a real life love story between a British writer and a Jordanian Bedouin.

LauraBrook Sounds interesting, and with a blurb from Dawn French, you can't go wrong! 8y
LeahBergen I stacked this one before and still need to hunt down a copy. 8y
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LeahBergen Oooo! Thank you! 👍🏼 8y
BookishTrish @LeahBergen Always willing to (enable) help a friend... 8y
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#funFriday this is one of my all time favs. I retread it every few years (I read it cover to cover when I was in labour with my youngest). Annie is a British journalist who falls for a Jordanian Bedouin in this bittersweet love story.

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