Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey (Seal Women's Travel)
"Absolutely riveting.  These memoirs offer much more than glimpses of domestic Turkey. Men should read them and be informed." --Tim Severin, world explorer, author and filmmaker who has followed in the footsteps of historic adventurers like Marco Polo and Sinbad the Sailor, and a regular contributor toNational Geographic"Absorbing personal adventures reveal Turkey with depth, sincerity and delight.  I've been waiting a long time for this book!" --Tom Brosnahan, veteran guidebook author forBerlitz,Frommer’sandLonely Planet, originator ofLonely Planet Turkey, founder of the Turkey Travel Planner website and author of travel memoirTurkey: Bright Sun, Strong Tea"An excellent holiday read." --Lonely Planet Turkey(2007)"Closely observed, finely wrought. Vividly depicts invaluable life lessons when people are obliged to cope in an alien world." --Craig Storti, director of the cross-cultural training firm Communicating Across Cultures, and best-selling author ofThe Art of Crossing Cultures"Impressive. [These women] lead the way in reconciling the many conflicts and misunderstandings between east and west." --Publishing Trends, June 2005, an intelligence newsletter for the American publishing industry"The beauty of Tales is that each story paints Turkey as the  narrator experiences it, and, together, the stories construct a portrait of  a people and their place." --National Geographic Traveler, July/August 2006"Transcends cultural stereotypes deeply-embedded in the  perceptions of the Eastern harem; probes the limitlessness of female  venture and portable homelands." --Elif Shafak, professor of Middle Eastern studies, University of  Arizona, and award-winning Turkish author ofThe Bastard of  Istanbul"Transcends cultural stereotypes deeply-embedded in the perceptions of the Eastern harem; probes the limitlessness of female venture and portable homelands." --Elif Shafak, professor of Middle Eastern studies, University of Arizona, and award-winning Turkish author ofThe Saint of Incipient Insanities"[A] wonderful book; beautifully written, thought-provoking and  inspiring. Every essay is spot on, literary and insightful....Be ready to  book a flight to Istanbul afterwards." --Daily Telegraph(UK), January 31,2007"[T]he stories...entertain and inform. Read about navigating  male-female relationships and one woman's really close shave in a Turkish  hamam." --International Herald Tribune, December 13, 2006