Tonight we met at Janet's home to discuss her choice of Books Princess. Happily all seven of our members, including our two newest members Vicki and Bev were in attendance. This book is allegedly a Biography of the life of a Saudi Princess as told anonymously to a friend from the West. We have visited this area of the world several times in our books although this was the first time in Saudi Arabia. The story was shocking of course when seen through our Western eyes. If we have learned nothing else through these books we have learned how lucky we are to be born in a country that affords us such freedom.
As I said it is allegedly a true story. Several of us noticed a few discrepancies that made us doubt the books validity although all were sure it reflected the truth. We tried to separate what is truly abuse and what is just culturally different from our way of life. We noted that although we would never want the kind of repression seen in so many Islamic countries we admit that in some instances our "freedom" has caused a real lessening of our moral fabric. These are very interesting but tough questions. All in all a good meeting.
Our next book, The Girls of Ames should be a perfect fit for a woman's Book Club. I look forward to reading it. Till next month.....
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This book certainly gave us reason to be thankful for Canadian freedoms and you summed it up beautifully!
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