Susan L. (ncsuz) - , reviewed on 7/19/2011 + 77 more book reviews

Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald is the story of a girl from Iran. Her parents send her to stay with her sister in America in the hopes of her finding a husband there so she can stay in America permanently. Tami enjoys the freedom of being a woman in America. She enjoys little things like being able to walk to her English class by herself. She has a passion for photography and captures these little moments of freedom- like a girl enjoying a coffee at Starbucks or her first pair of tennis shoes- with her camera.

She makes friends in her English class with people who are all very different from her. But her main focus and the focus of her sister is to find her an Iranian husband before her visa runs out so she can stay in America.

The book follows her on her journey of discovering freedom and trying to find a husband. Complicating matters is her developing friendship with an American guy named Ike.

It was a great book. A quick and easy read. I really enjoyed reading it while I was in Dubai because every woman I saw in a headscarf I would image as the main character. It really opens your eyes to some of the little freedoms we American women take for granted everyday. It was a funny and sweet story.

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